Kirsten Corley

I still remember exactly how horrible it felt to watch love leave like I was to blame for some ending that blindsided me. Those endings are the hardest ones to get over because to you; everything seems so clear and sure and certain. You’ve invested enough in this person to build this life with them […]

I always tried incredibly hard to get people to like me as if I had something to prove. But the more I tried; the more people didn’t. The truth was along with trying to convince other people to like me; I was desperately trying to convince myself the same thing. And it’s true people treat […]

When we love someone, I don’t think it’s the kind of thing that ever entirely goes away even when that person does. It would be a beautiful thing to see love reciprocated every time. To know the person, we feel something so deeply for will always feel the same way for us. But it isn’t […]

Sometimes my most anxious moments feel like it’s a boxing match of me vs. my mind and when I allow myself to go down the rabbit hole of negative thoughts, what happens is self-doubt. It’s doubting the choices I’ve made in the past and analyzing things I can’t change but thinking deeply about how that […]

And when you choose to love, I hope it’s the kind of thing that feels like Saturday mornings in baggy clothes making waffles in the kitchen as your song plays in the background. That home kind of love full of comfort and familiarity. And when you choose to love, I hope it’s with someone who […]

It isn’t your job to always be the strong one, and people shouldn’t expect that of you. It’s okay if you have a moment or two where you need to be weak and crawl up in a ball and cry. But I know what it feels like always to have people put stuff on your […]

Anyone who doesn’t choose you cannot possibly be meant for you. It seems like an easy concept. But when the heart is involved, logic and reasoning don’t matter. Because in one moment, you’re future with this person is one you thought would become a reality then the next you’re struggling to put together pieces of […]

If you look at trauma or the person who inflicted pain upon you through lenses with empathy and understanding, that is the gateway to healing. If you look at someone who has hurt you or tried to, you’ll see someone who is hurting all the same. Hurt people, hurt people. If feelings still arise of […]

When you finally find the right partner, your life is going to change for the better. In the right kind of love, it will help you to reveal the best parts of yourself, as well as the parts that need a little bit of improvement. But what you’ll also learn through love is which other […]

It’s okay if your heart aches for something you don’t even remember anymore. Longing for love, which seems like it might have skipped you along the way. And you’re watching, waiting, and hoping for something and anything.  It’s okay if your heart is still healing from a past love you thought was the one, only […]

1. When losing a friendship doesn’t mean you have gained an enemy. As you grow up and mature and find your own path, what you’ll begin to realize that some people from your past just don’t fit into your future. Maybe it’s you merely drift apart, walking away with that knowledge and acceptance. Maybe you […]

Sometimes people miss the way you made them feel about themselves.

No one talks about how loud silence is when the person you want to hear from most doesn’t reach out.

When you’re the girl who is too familiar with a love that leaves what you learn to appreciate and admire are every relationship you see that’s good, that lasts because it’s those people that give you hope.

I’ve learned lately that we are all going to miss someone at some point and it doesn’t make you weak it just proves love was real even in their absence.

Maybe I needed to lose what felt like everything at the time to realize I still had a lot. Maybe I needed to lose myself along the way to realize who I wanted to be and finally take the proper steps towards getting there. Maybe I needed to hit rock bottom both hard and fast […]

When you break up with someone with an anxiety disorder, it doesn’t end at the breakup; there is a whole other storm that follows, where it’s the individual against themselves.

I want you to remember how long you stared at your phone hoping it would ring only it didn’t.