The concept of self care seems to go all over the page from shopping trips and manicures, to going on an Ayahuasca retreat, to meditating for an…… Read more “Small acts of self care for when you’re overloaded and don’t seem to care”
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What’s the opposite of “Hurt people hurt others”?
The expression “Hurt people hurt others” has become so mainstream that it can be easy to dismiss the thought. In fact this easy dismissal can feel very…… Read more “What’s the opposite of “Hurt people hurt others”?”
Be kind to past versions of yourself that didn’t know the things you now know.
Unknown I write a lot about taking baby steps when making changes in our lives, because they are the most doable and sustainable. Baby steps don’t tend…… Read more “Be kind to past versions of yourself that didn’t know the things you now know.”
Enjoy the freedom of being yourself, accepting that being seen a fool is just a part of it!
In a world where the image of being pulled together and perfect set an impossibly high bar, sometimes giving ourselves the freedom to just own who we are, let our hair down and stop worrying about being accepted is such a breath of fresh air!
I can’t tell you how many YEARS I agonized about not meeting with other people’s approval, or worse, living in fear of their disapproval. As long as my energy was focused on THAT, it was as though that was exactly what I attracted into my life!
The disapprovers showed their colors to me time and again, when they showed me they really just wanted to control me and my life because they felt they could do a better job at it than I could.
Even if that were true, It was still my life to live!