• The scene is of a busy walking street in Paris. A woman walks away from the camera and we wonder how she feels about her own ability to communicate her feelings. How well does she know herself and as she walks into the crowd we wonder, how many people are really good at communicating how they feel?
    Perspective and Growth

    Naming Your Feelings: Build Emotional Awareness and Strengthen Self-Advocacy

    May 27, 2025 - By 

    Communication is one of the most important skills you can build. It’s worth improving every single day. Healthy, effective communication promotes self-advocacy, helps you create healthier relationships, avoid miscommunications, and move through life with more clarity and ease. But communication isn’t just something you practice with other people – it’s also something you practice with yourself. The communication you have with yourself depends on how well you can name your feelings. Having a strong emotional vocabulary changes everything: it deepens your self-understanding, strengthens your self-advocacy, and empowers you to meet your needs more effectively. In this post, we’ll talk about…

  • We are looking a a city view, through broken fence. This image represents the core ideas in this blog, which are walls, barriers and boundaries. Does this fence represent a wall, barrier or a boundary? And does the hole in the fence mean that the viewer is breaking through those defenses to discover emotional freedom?
    Boundaries & Self-Respect - Emotional Awareness - Healing & Inner Work - Perspective and Growth

    Emotional Defenses After Conflict: Walls, Barriers and Boundaries

    May 13, 2025 - By 

    Everyone experiences pain at some point in their life. Whether you’re talking about things like loss, or disappointment, or learning that your best friend really isn’t a friend to you after all – pain from these moments teaches us something. Everyone reacts differently to painful lessons; some folks take it in stride and use that discomfort to create meaningful change in their lives. Others hold on to the pain, and sometimes they take protective measures to ensure they don’t get hurt again. In this post, we’ll discuss the difference between walls, barriers and boundaries. When it comes to protecting ourselves and…

  • A man is walking across the street, he is looking over at the camera, smiling. He might be the exact person this post is for, someone who feels the need to people-please, and doesn't realize that he is enough just as he is.
    Boundaries & Self-Respect - Confidence & Self-Worth - Emotional Awareness - Healing & Inner Work - Perspective and Growth

    Being a People-Pleaser and Sacrificing Self-Worth

    April 26, 2025 - By 

    We live out certain patterns in our lives, and sometimes we aren’t even aware that it’s happening. These are repeated behaviors we have been acting out for a very long time, and yet we have no conscious awareness of them. Being a people-pleaser is a manifestation of one of those patterns. On the outside, it can look like simply being helpful, offering a friendly smile or giving of your time to those who need it. However, on a deeper level, it can stem from fear, a desire to be enough, and a belief that our worth is dependent on how…

  • Boundaries & Self-Respect - Perspective and Growth

    How to Tell if Someone is Jealous of You: Six Ways to Identify Envy in Others

    March 13, 2025 - By 

    On our journey to find our most authentic selves, we will likely come across others who may have varying ways of responding to us. As you grow, and learn and move closer to who you really are, there are some people in your life who may show resistance to those changes. In this post, we discuss how to tell if someone is jealous of you and six ways to identify envy in others. As you increase your respect for yourself, you may allow less disrespect from others. Comments, looks, reactions that you once allowed or even accepted, may no longer…

  • Identifying Your Emotions
    Confidence & Self-Worth - Emotional Awareness - Healing & Inner Work - Perspective and Growth

    Understanding Emotions: The Key to Personal Growth and Healing

    November 4, 2024 - By 

    What happens when you attach yourself to your thoughts? They run wild and drag you behind them. Without a strong grip on your thoughts, you’re more reactive, leaving you vulnerable to emotional turbulence. Understanding emotions leads to mental and emotional clarity, it can help avoid pain – either by way of getting hurt or hurting others. Emotions left unchecked can wreak havoc in your life. In this blog post, we’ll explore: What Are Emotions? First, let’s start with defining emotions. Emotions are the physical response your body has to a thought. They serve as important signals, alerting you to underlying…

  • Boundaries & Self-Respect - Emotional Awareness - Healing & Inner Work - Perspective and Growth

    How to Forgive Yourself: Getting Started

    October 25, 2024 - By 

    Forgiving yourself is a vital part of emotional healing, but it’s something many of us don’t talk about. When we think of forgiveness, we often focus on forgiving others—perhaps a past boss, a friend who hurt us, or a family member who let us down. But what about you? Self-forgiveness is just as crucial, and it’s time to turn that same compassion inward. In this post, I’ll walk you through how to forgive yourself, let go of guilt, and stop holding yourself to impossible standards. Why It’s Hard to Forgive Yourself We often struggle to forgive ourselves because we’re taught…