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Melanie S. Pickett

‘Grit Don’t Quit’ Giving Up Isn’t an Option

I was given a copy of ‘Grit Don’t Quit’ to read and offer my honest review. All opinions are honest and my own. I was not otherwise compensated.

Have you ever been through something so difficult that it sent you to your knees? When my former husband tried to kill me then took his own life, I couldn’t do much of anything for days. I was in shock. I was traumatized and grieving, and I could only utter the prayer, “Help.” But I didn’t quit. My kids and my faith kept my from quitting. Giving up isn’t an option.

August 30, 2023

Letting Go When You Think You Can’t

When you have a relationship with someone, they become part of your story. And when that relationship ends – especially if it’s abruptly and without answers – you’re left reeling…wanting those answers, needing closure. It’s the “needing closure” and answers part that keeps us stagnant. It impairs our ability to move on into a healthy relationship. Or to move on at all.

But what if you find yourself unable to get away from the “why” and “what if” and “what did I do wrong?” questions that bounce around in your mind? Here are five things to try that might help you move onward into better places with greater people. Continue Reading

June 6, 2018

Abuse and Self Care, Encouragement

Seven Years and a Happy Continuing

It’s been seven years since my first husband violently assaulted me at gunpoint and then took his own life with that gun, forcing me to witness it.

You’d think seven years, inching ever closer to the decade point, would erase a lot of memories, anxiety, PTSD, and sadness. And it does. But it doesn’t release me from all of it. As the weeks got closer to this “anniversary”, I could feel my body remembering it was close. I started having unpleasant dreams again, anxiety, restless sleep, and then Continue Reading

April 18, 2018

Abuse and Self Care, Healthy Relationships

5 Signs You’re in an Unhealthy Relationship

5 Signs You’re in an Unhealthy Relationship

When I was dating my first husband, there were red flags that I didn’t really understand or know how to deal with. As an empath, I was “attracted” to the fact that he sadly didn’t have a happy family and had had a pretty difficult upbringing. He was broken. I was a natural “fixer” and peacemaker. And that combination was a horrible match-up.

Even though I wrote about the signs of healthy relationships, there’s more to unhealthy relationships than simply the absence of those positive things. Some elements might be hints of danger, even though you might not think of them that way at first blush. Continue Reading

March 25, 2018

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