Healing Roots On Up

Healing Roots On Up Mental Health Advocate • Veteran • TBI Survivor • Focused on healing, resilience, and strong families

I created an UpScrolled account because my TikTok messages have felt increasingly suppressed and flooded with political ...
02/12/2026

I created an UpScrolled account because my TikTok messages have felt increasingly suppressed and flooded with political noise. I want a space focused on healing, growth, mental health, and honest conversations. If you want that too, come follow me on UpScrolled

02/10/2026

Unlearn the s**t that and become aware and more accepting!

02/09/2026

Contempt is sneaky. It does not usually sound loud or obvious but it slowly erodes connection, intimacy, and respect if we do not get honest about it. Awareness has been humbling for me and part of real growth is learning to stay curious instead of superior. Still learning. Still doing the work.

This book wasn’t written to impress anyone. It was written because at some point I had to stop defending who I was and ...
02/05/2026

This book wasn’t written to impress anyone.
It was written because at some point I had to stop defending who I was and start taking responsibility for who I was becoming.

From A**hole to Alright is a memoir about accountability, self reflection, therapy, and conscious change. Not a redemption arc. Not a highlight reel. Just the honest work of unlearning patterns that hurt others and learning how to show up differently.

If you’re in a season of reckoning, growth, or rebuilding, this might resonate.
The link to the book is in my bio.

02/02/2026

Out here turning a Chesapeake golf course into a winter extreme sports arena with a $10 boogie board and about an inch of snow. When life gives you frost, you send it anyway. ❄️🏂😂

01/31/2026

Sometimes the deepest awakening isn’t about finding something new, it’s about remembering what was already inside you. The work is inward, the journey is yours.

01/31/2026

Jealousy doesn’t make you broken. Letting it run your life can. This one took me a long time to own, and even longer to unlearn. If this hits, you’re not alone.

01/29/2026

Some of the biggest changes in my life didn’t come from learning something new. They came from realizing how much of what I believed was handed to me before I ever had the chance to question it. Growth, for me, has been about slowing down, listening closer, and choosing empathy over certainty.

There are moments when everything feels like it’s sitting on your chest. The grief, the anger, the sadness, the exhausti...
01/28/2026

There are moments when everything feels like it’s sitting on your chest. The grief, the anger, the sadness, the exhaustion. Not because you’re weak, but because you’re human. For a long time, I thought strength meant pushing through, silencing what I felt, and becoming someone who didn’t need anything from anyone, including myself.

Self-compassion changed that. Not by fixing me. Not by making the pain disappear. But by teaching me how to stay with myself when things felt heavy instead of turning my feelings into something I had to be ashamed of or escape from.

It looks like noticing when I’m overwhelmed instead of calling myself broken. It looks like taking responsibility for how I show up without turning that into self-punishment. It looks like learning how to hold my own nervous system with the same care I try to offer other people.

This journey, from shutting down to staying present, is something I wrote about in my book, From A**Hole to All Right. If any part of this resonates, the link is in my bio.

I’m not in a “teaching” season right now. I’m in a noticing season. Paying attention to the little ways I react, shut do...
01/24/2026

I’m not in a “teaching” season right now. I’m in a noticing season. Paying attention to the little ways I react, shut down, or try to control instead of actually saying what I feel. Posting this because I’m curious if anyone else is sitting in that same space. If you feel like sharing, I’ll read every comment. I wrote my book around this exact process of unlearning patterns and getting honest with yourself, and the link is in my bio for anyone who wants to go a little deeper.

10/27/2025

I used to see the world through a lens that kept my empathy small.
Life stretched me. Therapy challenged me.
I changed because I finally started feeling again.

If you’ve ever outgrown an identity you once swore by, I see you.
Tell me your turning point. What woke you up?

I’ve spent the better part of the last eight years trying to prove that I’ve changed.Prove that I’m worthy of respect.Pr...
10/16/2025

I’ve spent the better part of the last eight years trying to prove that I’ve changed.
Prove that I’m worthy of respect.
Prove that I’m a good man.

I tried everything — therapy, service, reflection, apologies — to prove I wasn’t who I used to be.

The truth is, I can’t change how people see me.
Some still hold the old version of me.
And to be fair, I was a big as***le back then.

But I’ve learned this: I don’t need to convince anyone anymore.
My consistency speaks louder than my past.
I validate myself now.

And the beautiful part? There are so many people who see me today — with love, kindness, and respect.
That’s enough.

Does this resonate with you? I’d love to hear your story in the comments.

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