Blooming With Flo

A Journey of Self-Care, Growth, and Inspiration

  • Flowers For My Garden

    So I’ve been gone for a while… I started school once again but this time I’m doing something I genuinely enjoy doing rather than doing something for the monetary pay off. I’m getting my esthetician license and I’m enjoying every part of it. I got my first bouquet of flowers two weeks ago… It was…

  • Hyper-Independence

    It has caused so much confusion in my life. I don’t think anybody asks to be hyper-independent. I’m not a therapist but I know that based on how one grows up, you either acquire this trait or you don’t. Receiving suddenly becomes hard and your brain can’t allow you to accept help because the feeling…

  • “Nobody thinks what I think”

    That’s just the first line of the song “Kitchen Sink” by twenty one pilot, that just came into my mind when I decided to open this new blog post. But truly nobody thinks what I think. I have so many ideas, thoughts, feelings, and opinions sometimes I don’t know what to do with them. I…

  • A Walking Trigger Warning

    Triggers everywhere I turn. Logged on Instagram, someone was arrested for DV. Logged on TikTok, “story time of how I was married to an abusive narcissist.” Logged on Twitter and logged right off because it brings me memories of how my ex posted intimate pictures of me after doing his big one and hacking into…

  • May 22, 1999

    I was born 26 years ago. Crazy to think I’ve known people for that long.I’ve been breathing, running, walking, driving, crying, laughing, and smiling for this long… and truthfully, I’m still a work in progress. I love to celebrate life. I think everyone’s life is beautiful and oh so full of meaning. But just like…

  • Right Person, Wrong Timing

    Is there really such a thing? Are coincidences real or does everything happen for a reason? I believe that everything happens for a reason. There is a purpose to everything in life, my life, your life. Sometimes our purpose isn’t fully manifested until later on in life and well other times, the sole purpose of…

  • Dating A Narcissist (TW)

    For 3 years and a couple months. (he never properly asked me to be his girlfriend so I don’t fully know the exact moment when he decided that I was going to be his next victim) He would open the door for me to enter and exit the restaurants we would go to. (and I…

  • Why Is Writing So Hard?

    I started my autobiography book back in 2019, while I was going through one of many perspective and life changes. I was in a three-year-long relationship with someone who was 8 years older than me. Living on my own (with him) after leaving my mother’s home due to the constant abusive nature that surrounded me—I…

  • How Does It Feel To Be Adopted?

    It’s like your mother and father taking you to a park and leaving you there. No explanation. It’s like going to the emergency room and being asked about your family health history and your answer is always “I don’t know, I’m adopted”. It’s knowing that at 3 days old, a strange man and woman, got…

  • The Art of Setting Boundaries: Protecting Your Energy and Well-Being

    Why Boundaries Are Essential for Self-Care Saying “no” isn’t selfish—it’s self-care. Yet, for many of us, setting boundaries feels uncomfortable or even impossible. But what if I told you that boundaries are the key to protecting your peace? Boundaries are personal limits we set to safeguard our emotional, mental, and physical well-being. Without them, it’s…