Sometimes I wonder if losing my mother is the reason I hesitate when it comes to forming close bonds with other women.I’ve gone most of my life without her, my first best friend, my first example of womanhood, my first safe place.And in her absence, I’ve found myself guarded, unsure of how to lean into… Continue reading A Lifetime Without My Best Friend
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Learning That I Don’t Need Someone, But I Need Connection
I guess life forced me to learn that I didn’t need anyone in the way I once thought. At one point, I believed I needed someone to hold my hand through every challenge, every moment of doubt. I thought I needed someone to complete me, to give me the support I thought I lacked. But… Continue reading Learning That I Don’t Need Someone, But I Need Connection
Stand Your Ground
At some point in our lives we've been bullied, pushed around or straight up manipulated. Sometimes we don't realize it or we are too afraid to speak up about it. But once you start realizing how the way someone is treating you is a reoccurring pattern you must act. Now this can be within family,… Continue reading Stand Your Ground
Never Enough
Sometimes in life we feel like we are never enough or we don't do enough, and that's a horrible feeling. Even worse for your self worth. I believe all this not enough business starts from childhood. Growing up you probably were told you do things wrong all the time. Or you didn't receive enough recognition… Continue reading Never Enough
Being mindful of your presence
It's important to be mindful on how you present yourself to the world, what you say and how you speak to others. All of these actions can influence how others view you as a person. From personal experience, you must learn how to read people by their presence. Especially when what they do and say… Continue reading Being mindful of your presence
Self Encouragement
What does self encouragement mean to you, to me it means being your own cheerleader. Seeing what you've accomplished and using that as motivation to push you forward. Everyone has a different idea of self encouragement or what keeps them moving. For me its my parents, and hopefully being able to give back to them… Continue reading Self Encouragement
Self Love
With feeling this way it had me over compensating my love to others trying to figure out why they didn't love me the same way.
Self Confidence
Going into the new year the one thing I want to improve in my life is my self confidence. This is something that I have struggled with all my life. I have a feeling as to why I'm like this(my mom) but that's a story I'm not ready to share. But I am going to… Continue reading Self Confidence
Self Care
Self care is important whether it be in the form of physical, mental or spiritual self care. Especially during the holiday season its easy to get carried away with the high demands of the season. By dwelling in either form helps us connect back with our center calmer selves. You must always take time to… Continue reading Self Care
High Expectations
Growing up our parents always wanted what was best for us. Not all parents want bragging rights, they just want to be sure we have the foundation needed to always be okay. Growing up my test grades would never be high enough if it wasn't 100%, even if I had the highest grade in the… Continue reading High Expectations