Peridot

Hi! I’m Peridot. To say I’ve spent most of my… oh, who am I kidding? To say I’ve spent my entire adult life roaming, in search of what I still don’t know, would most definitely be an accurate depiction of my background. I joined the Army in May of my senior year of high school. I left for Basic Training that summer, a week after my 18^th birthday. Following my Honorable discharge from the service, I began what seemed like endless years of working and going to school, switching majors at least a few times, of course! But I finally earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology at State University of New York at Buffalo before going on to acquire a Master of Science in Education: Certification in Special Education at State University of New York College at Buffalo.

After teaching for a few years, an unexpected circumstance led me back home to the Finger Lakes region (you’ll learn more about that over time if you decide to follow my blog), where I attended the Finger Lakes School of Massage, ultimately becoming a Licensed Massage Therapist. I practiced massage for about ten years, during which time I also became employed as an Addiction Therapist at the same large, residential treatment program as Dr. Sunshine. I have been doing that for the past eight years, and I love it!  Last year I obtained my Reiki Level I Certification, and someday I’ll start working on my Level II.

Oh yeah, did I mention I’m an addict? In recovery, of course! Spoiler alert: I am also diagnosed with co-occurring disorders of bipolar and PTSD.

I hope you enjoy my blog and that it somehow has a positive impact on your life’s journey. At the very least, I hope you get to know me enough to realize that there’s someone else out here just as fucked up as you are. Another spirit having a human experience who’s trying day by day to live outside of the vortex of crazy that is their mind and trying not to fuck up my life completely, again! (Please note that I added the caveat “completely” for a reason. More will be revealed…)