I usually cringe when someone says something offensive, then shrugs it off saying they’re just saying it like it is. I don’t count myself as a prude…… Read more “Telling it like it is… is it brutal honesty or just being an a******? (Or is it about instigating drama and then stepping back to watch the show?)”
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Life after Nihilism
The COVID-19 pandemic was our collective experience with Nihilism, a realization that we could die and no matter what we did or believed in would make any…… Read more “Life after Nihilism”
Which is more important: being KIND or being NICE?
Being kind is often correlated with being nice, but is that true? What is the difference between the two? Being nice is when you are polite to…… Read more “Which is more important: being KIND or being NICE?”
Feeling bad memories slip away
On a recent night, I had a wonderful experience of allowing a few old bad memories to slip away. I had been going through some old photo…… Read more “Feeling bad memories slip away”
Gentle ways to start setting boundaries
Setting boundaries. Does that phrase give you cold chills down your back as you think about HOW you may possibly stand up to someone in your life…… Read more “Gentle ways to start setting boundaries”
Your triggers are your teachers
Quote and meme by ChildrenofLight As 2023 starts, you may be wondering where to start on your self-healing journey. Looking at what triggers us is an excellent…… Read more “Your triggers are your teachers”
Changing our thoughts and habits Part 2: how does it physically work in our body?
“A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge” Follow link: – Thomas Carlyle quote on Pooja on QUOTE OF THE DAY #72 This post has been…… Read more “Changing our thoughts and habits Part 2: how does it physically work in our body?”
Throw out the resolutions!
Throw the resolutions out the window! Just start by speaking kinder and gentler to yourself! Throw out the harsh and judgmental self-talk. What comes out of the…… Read more “Throw out the resolutions!”
Changing our thoughts and habits Part 1: how does it physically work in the brain?
I just finished reading ‘The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari’ by Robin Sharma. I had a couple of issues with the narration but what I want to…… Read more “Changing our thoughts and habits Part 1: how does it physically work in the brain?”
Our inner head space… doing the inner shadow work
Inspired by Jack Canfora’s post: “We Know What We Are, But Know Not What We May Be” where he brings up existential questions about life, our perceptions…… Read more “Our inner head space… doing the inner shadow work”
Living the circle of life… giving and receiving in gratitude
I owe so many debts of gratitude that I can never repay some people – they are dead or live too far away. Photo and quote by…… Read more “Living the circle of life… giving and receiving in gratitude”
What good is Intuition to us?
Intuition… we pretty much all have it, but we don’t always use it.
Intuition gets dismissed as a weak, feminine trait that can’t be trusted. If men follow their intuition, they call it “following their gut”, yet that is exactly what it is?
The skinny trend… going to any extreme is unhealthy… What anorexia taught me about recovery…
TRIGGER WARNING: This post talks about anorexia and self-harm.
4) The only person who was going to step in to save me, turned out to actually be myself!
The road to recovery and the road to becoming healthy is fundamentally ours to walk, sometimes alone, sometimes with support, but ultimately, we need to do it for ourselves!
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!
Have you always wanted to write a book but don’t know how to get started?
It’s been a long time since I wrote about my off-beat methods for writing, so I thought I’d share them here again with you. From time to…… Read more “Have you always wanted to write a book but don’t know how to get started?”