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    Emotional Well-Being - Mental Health and Self-Care - Perspective and Growth

    Create the Life You Want – It Starts with You

    March 25, 2025 - By 

    If you want something in your life, you have to become it first. If you crave love, you must become love. What does that love look like? How does it act? How does it feel to have that love you’re currently craving? If you need guidance, you must guide yourself. Read books, listen to podcasts, learn what you need to learn. Give yourself encouragement. If you desire strength, you must build it within. You can create the life you want, if you just show up for yourself. Trust yourself. Believe in yourself. The outside world is only ever a reflection…

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    Boundaries & Self-Respect - Confidence & Self-Worth - Emotional Awareness - Perspective and Growth

    How Gratitude Shapes Your Life

    March 22, 2025 - By 

    Gratitude isn’t just something you practice on Thanksgiving or when something good happens. It’s more than a fleeting moment of appreciation – it’s a way of life. Gratitude shapes your life when it is the lens through which you see the world, the energy you bring to every conversation, challenge, and interaction. When you practice gratitude consistently, everything changes. How Practicing Gratitude Changes You The beauty of gratitude is that it rewires your brain, shifting you from a mindset of lack to one of abundance. Instead of waiting for things to make you happy, you realize that you already have…

  • A woman sits sitting away from the camera, she appears to not have a shirt on, she seems to be sitting and enjoying her body. This image relates directly to the theme of loving and accepting your body.
    Boundaries & Self-Respect - Confidence & Self-Worth - Emotional Awareness - Healing & Inner Work - Perspective and Growth

    How to Love and Accept Your Body: Finding Home in Yourself

    March 18, 2025 - By 

    There are a lot of efforts being made on behalf of the beauty industry to be more inclusive and accepting of people’s differences. The problem is that even still, you may be bombarded with varying messages that make it hard to love and accept your body. Those messages tell you your body must to look a certain way to be worthy, to be loved, to belong. What doesn’t belong is the belief that you are somehow less because you don’t fit into an impossible mold that was never designed for you in the first place. However, you are not here…

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    Boundaries & Self-Respect - Emotional Awareness - Perspective and Growth

    Take a Breath: How to be Less Reactive

    November 7, 2024 - By 

    Why Remaining Calm in Stressful Situations Changes EverythingRemaining calm is going to be the first step you take in assessing a situation. There are so many different day-to-day events that can trigger us—how do you know when and how to be less reactive when you’re emotionally triggered? Take a breath.  We aren’t talking about extenuating circumstances where you might be in danger; if you find yourself looking at a hungry bear that wants to chase you, go ahead and let your fight or flight do its thing. In the event you find that you are being too reactive to people…

  • Boundaries & Self-Respect - Confidence & Self-Worth - Emotional Awareness - Perspective and Growth

    Embracing Authenticity: Why Being True to Yourself Matters

    November 5, 2024 - By 

    Embracing Authenticity: Why Being True to Yourself Matters Attention is often regarded as our most precious resource, but what if I told you that authenticity is a close second? The more I embrace my authentic self, the more I notice how others respond—whether it’s through longer eye contact, deeper connections, or increased curiosity in what I have to say. It’s clear: people crave authenticity. What is Authenticity and Why Does It Matter? Authenticity is more than a buzzword. It’s the essence of showing up as your true self – no filters, no pretenses. In a world dominated by surface-level interactions…

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    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…

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

    The First Step to Understanding Your Emotions

    November 3, 2024 - By 

    Runaway thoughts often lead to overwhelming emotions. For many of us, managing and understanding your emotions can feel like an uphill battle—especially when some emotions seem to linger longer than welcome. But here’s the truth: your emotions are not your enemy. They’re messengers. In this post, we’ll walk through the first step to understanding your emotions, how to acknowledge them without judgment, and how that awareness can transform your emotional well-being. Why Understanding Your Emotions Is So Important Emotions are powerful. They’re complex. And above all, they’re trying to tell you something important. Whether you’re at work, trying to sleep,…

  • Boundaries & Self-Respect - Confidence & Self-Worth - Emotional Well-Being - Healing & Inner Work - Perspective and Growth

    Self-Love: What It Really Means and How to Cultivate it in Your Everyday Life

    November 2, 2024 - By 

    Self-love is a topic that gets a lot of attention—but what does it actually mean? How do we cultivate self-love? If we have a healthy relationship with ourselves, we may want to deepen it. If we don’t, chances are, we feel that too. The presence or absence of self-love impacts every area of life: our relationships, career success, boundaries, and emotional well-being. But how do we get to a place of authentic self-love? And what does loving yourself truly look like in a world filled with mixed messages and unrealistic expectations? In this post, we’ll explore: Self-Love Looks Different for…

  • 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…

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    First Post: A Journey of Self-Discovery

    October 23, 2024 - By 

    This morning, I was talking to my therapist about why I keep giving myself excuses for not starting my blog. He pointed out that it’s my programming—those old beliefs and fears—that are stopping me from taking that step. Fear of rejection, fear of abandonment, and the thought that someone might not like what I write are all powerful forces that hold me back, just a few of the things I will talk about on my journey of self-discovery. One vivid thought that kept creeping into my mind was imagining my mom, all sweet in her little-old-lady housecoat, doing an innocent…