Mary Lee Maynard

Once you discover yourself on a deeper level, usually when you give yourself the freedom to do so, to explore, learn, unlearn, healing… Then, you get to recognize your boundaries. Afterwards, you practice how to put them up and explain them to people around you. It has become the basic form of respect to me. Some of us Gen-X and Millennials have had a hard time with those limits as a generation,…

Hapiness LOOKS different for everybody. What I do to male myself happy isn’t what will make you happy. Yes some thibgs can be similar, like looking at the sunrise, watching flowers grow and besuties ofblige with can (and should) experience to the fullest, but at the end of the day, creating art or writing aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. While, I was contemplating my failures as a mother and career…

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Design isn’t just how it looks — it’s how it feels.

Who are you to judge? Have you been through trauma? Paralyzed by fear? Have you been raped to have the same rapist rip your child away from your hands, the child you tore yourself apart to have? Have you ever worked 2 jobs to barely make ends meet or looked in the mirror to find no solution to how you got so old and limp? Have you ever worked full time and go to school full time with a bowl of…

Under copyrights of @Pixcom and @EPEntertainment @Fox From film to School projects and education material. I've had the pleasure to create graphics for all types of clients! I am so grateful. Here are a few...

Under copyrights of @Pixcom and @EPEntertainment @Fox From film to School projects and education material. I’ve had the pleasure to create graphics for all types of clients! I am so grateful. Here are a few:

Is talking about neurodivergence a trend, or are health care providers and simply more aware?

Is it a trend, or are people simply more aware? When I was younger, I didn’t realize the power of empathy. I don’t think I even knew what empathy meant. As I grew older, I involuntarily chose to take a harder path. In my child’s brain, I had to prove that I was worth it. I held my dreams back, thinking I didn’t deserve. Still, to this day, a part of me struggles and doubts. My traumas and…

Poetry can raise issues on multiple levels, letting the reader determine it for themselves. It is subjective. Whether you see the same as the author's intention does not matter. The message will come across as it comes across.

You talk about a language, when I’ve seen entire cultures vanish You speak of your Country, yet you stand on our ancestor’s land You fear the invasion, while we’ve protected you for centuries You raise foundations, while we were confined to our reserves You grew wealth, while our water supplies were low You dream of big things, and send us crumbs of respect if any You anger yourself, while…

It reminds me of George Orwell's' quote ''Ignorance is Bliss'' because once you know a little more, you are absolutely overwhelmed by the feeling of not knowing anything anymore, or of not wanting to know as much, or never getting enough knowledge...

There are so many different levels of consciousness. You can be 8 or 37 and feel trapped, lonely or completely clear headed and aligned. We learn and grow as we add years and decades. But the older we get, the more we have to tell ourselves and really kick in awareness in order to actively choose to grow and learn. About ourselves, about life, get curious about the mind, how we function, society,…

One of my favorite things is to experience ”ahah” moments. For the simple fact that it proves humans can empower themselves. I say this because we were raised in such a way that our auto-pilot, our automatic system is on negativity, on fear, on danger, on holding back by default. It has not been natural for humans to step out of the cave at night. And even centuries from the era where we could be…

Whether with violence or with peace, it makes no difference because the end goal is to ''simply'' live life knowing your basic needs are not a luxury.

Every now and then, my mind brings up Angela Davis’ recording where she talks about being a RELUCTANT WARRIOR And it just sits right with me. That concept of feeling like you just have to do what’s right, even though you’d, and I quote: ”rather be a gardener, or a sculptor”. You sacrifice your choices, for the good of a cause. You force moral rights to be your source of purpose, your fuel. You…

Creativity isn't just in the arts and aesthetics, it is how your thoughts work. It is organic and thinking out of your usual box...

You can’t force creativity. You can’t force empathy, nor can you force happiness. You can still fake it, but it’s not something that is as powerful when not deeply, or even on surface level authentic. Plus, how can it be authentic if it is faked? Creativity isn’t just in the arts and aesthetics, it is how your thoughts work. It is organic and thinking out of your usual box, or one imposed on you…

I say creative, but I really mean the Neurodivergent individual… My latest discovery around my own healing was how financial trauma can affect your decision making. Aside from your general nature, your traits, your background and how you were raised, the fact that the school system does not have a diverse set of programs that include budgeting and basic investment and savings education is a…