“Note to self: Beating yourself up for your flaws and mistakes won’t make you perfect, and you don’t have to be. Learn, forgive yourself, and remember: We all struggle; it’s just part of being human.” ~Lori Deschene When I was in twelfth grade I took a World Issues class and learned about colonization, child soldiers, …
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5 Signs You Don’t Know What Your Body Needs
“The body is a multilingual being. It speaks through its color and its temperature, the flush of recognition, the glow of love, the ash of pain, the heat of arousal, the coldness of nonconviction. It speaks through its constant tiny dance, sometimes swaying, sometimes a-jitter, sometimes trembling. It speaks through the leaping of the heart, …
What Really Makes Us Feel Successful
“Congratulations on becoming successful and best wishes on becoming happy.” ~John Mayer I was living the life of my dreams. Or so I thought. I’ve been very fortunate to have had some very awesome opportunities all over the world. I’ve worked to help victims of human trafficking in the shady streets of Thailand, I’ve helped …
Stop Talking So You Can Start Feeling
“Don’t hide from your feelings. Press into them. Learn from them. Grow from them.” ~Unknown There have been times in my life when you could look at my cell phone call log and see back-to-back conversations for hours. I am blessed to have a large support system of loving friends and family, and there have …
Everyone Has Struggles, So Don’t Stigmatize Yourself
“Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.” ~Brené Brown From a psychological point of view, my childhood sucked. I didn’t have many friends, I rarely left the house, I was terribly shy, and I used to get bullied a lot, both physically and mentally. My teenage years weren’t …
The Little Things in Life Are the Ones That Matter Most
“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.” ~Muhammad Ali I followed a little boy in Walmart today. He didn’t look like my son and yet I trailed him and his mother all over the store. I curled my fingers around the shopping cart so I …
6 Powerful Steps to Stop Binge Eating for Good
“As long as you are breathing, there is more right with you than wrong with you, no matter how ill or how despairing you may be feeling in a given moment.” ~Jon Kabat-Zinn Binge eating is hard. For me, winter time has always been hardest. The winter of 2011 was particularly bad. It was then …
Walking Through Fire: Change Can Be Scary, But It’s Worth It
“What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.” ~Charles Bukowski I used to be scared to walk through the fire. I was scared to do deeply unsettling, terrifying, hard things. I was scared to face my biggest fears and struggles head on. And for the greater part of my twenties, I did …
I’ve Learned That I Deserve…
When I was growing up, my parents never spoke to me about what I “deserved.” They spoke to me a lot about what was “expected.” They were very clear about that. They expected me to be tough, hard-working, well-read, and smart. They expected me to help others, especially those struggling on the margins. They sent …
Don’t Forget to Appreciate How Far You’ve Come
“Remember how far you’ve come, not how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.” ~Rick Warren We’re always talking about how we should live in the now and “be present.” We shame ourselves for looking back at the past or into …