Terracotta Soul Blog

This is Terracotta Soul, and I am Mariah. I am looking to launch my first line in a few weeks and decided starting a blog would give me an outlet to talk about why I am doing this, a step into my mind for all the designs, and where I am wanting this to go.

Throughout my life I have really struggled with mental health. I didn’t know how far back it started until I started therapy at 17. I had undiagnosed insomnia, anxiety, and depression until that point, and going back as far as 3 years old. I didn’t realize the need to run track all hours of the night wasn’t normal, or being in a room full of friends and family and still feeling completely alone wasn’t how everyone felt.

At 17, I had constant thoughts of suicide and it scared me. My mom noticed the changes in my behavior and had me admitted into a hospital. There, they pumped me full of drugs and watched my every move, but they also taught me skills to better cope with the problems in my mind.

After leaving the hospital, I didn’t like how the medications made me feel. I felt like a shell of the person I used to be. So I quit, cold turkey. And I started practicing different skills to find what would work for me. I had been given a sheet of paper that had 100 things to do when inner thoughts trickled in.

It’s now been 8 years since, and I realized that so many people fight battles just like I did, but they weren’t given the skills that I was. That’s when I came up with Terracotta Soul. I want to help people find what works for them. My dream for this company is to create a safe space where people feel like they can share their stories. Either with the intent of helping me create exactly what you are needing, or simply to share, or even to help someone else through their dark times.

For my first launch, though, I have created a Peace Bundle. A daily journal with connecting prompts for day and night, as well as a tool box for dealing with anxiety. There is also a workbook, meant for beginners in their process of finding themselves. It goes through things as small as identifying your values and through to finding your dreams and making steps to reach them. It is very surface level, but I really think if you are someone who is just at the starting point of wanting to heal, this is a great first step to make to understand yourself and what is important to you. If anything, it will show you what is worth showing up every day for. There are some smaller items going into this bundle (a coffee mug, a blanket, a hoodie), but the main things I am promoting are the self care items.

Everything is designed for the purpose of healing, in some way. The coffee mug will have a cute quote on it to brighten your day. The blanket will be soft and cozy, perfect for wrapping up in when you’re having a bad day. The hoodie will have a positive message on the back, for those who are behind you. You can buy things separately, or buy the whole bundle.

I am sorry to admit, since I am just starting out, I don’t have the resources available to ship in house, so I will be using Print on Demand services, which will mean that bundles may ship separately. I do hope in the future to be able to set up a shop in home or in a site location so I can add personal details to all the packages.

Sorry if this is a lengthy post, especially considering this is the entry post, but I hope this gives you a little insight to me and Terracotta Soul. I hope to get to know all of you and help each other through the battles of life.

Much love ❤