Tag: Self Love
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Of Freedom
For the first time in probably 20 years, I’m alone. I freaking am LOVING IT. And boy oh boy isn’t that new for me! I’ve been the woman who always HAS to be in some kind of relationship, who always has to have the empty inside filled by focusing on someone else. Now I don’t……
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Why Do We Give Away Our Power?
How many times in the world of self-help or therapy have you heard “doing that gives away your power”? The phrase came to mind again this morning, and it got me wondering, why on earth do we do that? Why do I do that? Over and over and over again I’ve done it with a…
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That feeling of opening your heart
And I don’t mean just to love and light and all the good stuff. I mean it ALL. To lay it all open and let it all in, the good, the bad, the ugly. When you realize that you’ve been holding parts of your heart closed for so long there’s rust on the hinges –…
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My dreams are talking to me
That was my first thought waking up the other day. I’ve never woken up thinking that in my life! I had 3 different dreams that I could vividly remember, and in each one, I was doing something I’d never done before. The last one that I remember having was when I took my mom on…
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Mom was not Impressed
How many times have you been super excited about something, and you share it with the people you love and they’re like, oh ok. Cool. From childhood, we’ve experienced this our whole lives. The last time a toddler ran up to you super excited about something random, what was your reaction? That’s about what I…
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Yet the Spirit is Strong
I have been to the lowest of lows, with gory details that I won’t inflict on anyone. And I felt like I was permanently, un-changeably broken forever. It wasn’t until I stared into the darkness that was growing in me that I saw different. And I assure you, I wasn’t staring because I was strong,…
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Why do we love butterflies more than moths?
How often have you seen the butterfly be the graphical representation of change? Personally, about 100 times too many. Yes, it’s magical.. they’re a worm, then they cocoon up, liquefy and BAM a whole new being. There are literally millions of other types of insects that do the exact same thing, yet most of them…
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We fight change, but love Autumn
According to a 3-second Google search, just over 40% of people when questioned say their favorite season is autumn, myself included. Yet I often find myself fighting change and holding onto things for dear life, long after it is time to let them go with any dignity. If the trees held fast to their leaves…
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Thrive anywhere
OK, OK, I know this type of image has been done before. It’s not the image though, it’s the intention behind its creation and the feelings it may invoke. I think maybe 1% of the world grows up in a condition they may think of later as “ideal”. Even for people who had a stable…
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Where Beauty Meets Function, We Take Flight
How just intricate is this image? How beautiful it is. I look into those eyes and I see a strength. I see a woman who has had to grind every gear, make every connection, and make her way in a harsh world. Yet she remains beautiful and feminine. She has not lost the beautiful soul…