self care
Who Cares, It Doesn't Matter Anyways
Wow, that sounds like giving up, doesn't it? But I am here to tell you that this is not only not about giving up, but it's one of the most powerful things you can say to yourself to get past anxiety and feelings of inad…
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Healing
Emotional Wounds We Need to Heal
We are all a wounded people. I hate when someone calls themselves broken. Granted, broken doesn't mean unfixable, but at the same time, being wounded isn't actually being broken. Sometimes our wounds are deep, yes. …
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self care
Don't Let Perfectionism Stop You From Starting
I do not think of myself as a perfectionist. I'm really not. At least not most of the time. There are things I do, like cooking or building something, that I do not give two squats about if they're perfect or somewhat …
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Healing
Creating Your Inner Therapist
I don't know about where you live, but therapy is expensive! Granted, it's worth it if you get the right one. But too many times, we end up with someone who is just as human as we are, and end up in some sort of cycle w…
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Healing
Using Schema Therapy as a Journaling Tool
I don't know if you've ever head of schema therapy before, but I find it somewhat interesting when used as a journaling tool. The same can be said for Inner Family Systems (IFS), as well (you can read about about this be…
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Simplify Your Life
There Is No Such Thing As Wasted Talent
How many times have you heard someone you know say "Oh, such wasted talent!" when referring to someone who chooses not to use their talents to go far in life or make money with it? Back when I first got married, all I …
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Healing
The Life We Create as Survivors of Childhood Abuse
There are two types of lives we have in this world. And those are: the kind we are given , and the kind we create ( from The "Book of Doing and Being" by Barnet Bain). The life we have been given is the life we had wi…
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self care
Let Me Eat My Skinny Piece of Cake in Peace
Today I read an article by Aubrey Gordon, about how labeling your body as "average" is telling a fat person their body is peripheral. And I was confused, because she is not opposed to using the word "fat" (an…
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self care
Stop Commenting on People's Bodies (and what to say instead)
"Wow, you look so great, did you lose weight?" I really hate hearing that. I've been fat since my middle to late twenties, and whenever I do lose weight, I hate hearing about it. I also when I haven't lost an…
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