As most of you know, as I create my art, I learn more about myself. What I’m learning today? I no longer like to use the word “Deserve”. As I walk on my healing path, I realize words are being erased from my vocabulary. If they are not erased, then I find them hard toContinue reading “The “Deserve” Myth: Unpacking a Harmful Word”
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Is Your “Self” a Shelf? Why We Play Small & Unexpected Ways to Empower The Self Now
If you hear the question, “What stops you from being your true self?” what would your answer be? Most people will say, “I fear being myself because I may fail myself”, or “If I am myself then I turn my back on the ones who need me”. My favorite, “I already am” – I wouldContinue reading “Is Your “Self” a Shelf? Why We Play Small & Unexpected Ways to Empower The Self Now”
Release Anger During Spring
“‘Being’ means evicting everyone from your inner core, so all that’s left is you. When only you remain, you begin to live as you and not live for the tenants you housed in your core. “ The beginning of Spring has been interesting. Honestly, it always is. She presents herself towards the end of winter justContinue reading “Release Anger During Spring”
You Don’t Find Peace. You Become Peace.
Many of us cannot be here because we look at the entire staircase instead of focusing on one step. What comes to mind when you hear or see the words “Peace” and “Surrender”? Most of us think of “inaction” or “stillness.” Sometimes those things are needed, but one does not simply achieve peace, being hereContinue reading “You Don’t Find Peace. You Become Peace.”
Now You Ask
Depression, grief, sadness, and pain doesn’t need you to believe in them to exist. I dreamt of a poem about suicide and thought it important to share. Mental health is often overlooked. Why? Many believe all you should do is “push forward.” Others believe mental health is a weakness because they feel like a “pushover.”Continue reading “Now You Ask”
Change is More than Hoping and Good Thoughts
Anytime we stop growing, become stagnant, and expect life to work in our favor, we can expect life to become uncomfortable. The new year encourages “New Beginnings” in many people worldwide. I see rituals like washing away the old energy in the ocean, cleaning the house to promote new energy, purchasing new wallets and pursesContinue reading “Change is More than Hoping and Good Thoughts”
Staying Put to Avoid Living
Letting go of stagnation means it is time to live. Living comes with shadow work, healing, mirrors, triggers, and trusting ourselves; we often stay put to avoid living. How long have you stayed in a situation or relationship (business, friendship, or romantic) just because you’re comfortable? Are you in one right now? We all haveContinue reading “Staying Put to Avoid Living”
It is Time to Trust in Your Healing Work
It is time to demand your core self front and center. That means trusting in the healing you’ve done. I’ve been feeling another round of energy urging me to release more of my fears and put trust in the healing I have done – I know I can’t be alone in feeling this. A weekContinue reading “It is Time to Trust in Your Healing Work”
Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes
Coming into your new life means letting go of patterns and people who do not fit. Many times, making room for our new selves and our lives is the most challenging part of the change. Why? Because it means letting go of old patterns and people we’ve become so attached to. These are things weContinue reading “Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes”
The Power of Looking at Ourselves Head-On
One of the best feelings in the world is when a trigger is no longer powerful – it shows just how much healing you’ve been doing. I recently came in contact with a trigger that, in the past, would’ve sent me overboard. It would’ve intensely irritated my abandonment wound. However, at this moment, the triggerContinue reading “The Power of Looking at Ourselves Head-On”
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