I’ve shared a lot this week on the importance of returning to the body. The body responds faster than our minds do to stimulus, and so it only makes sense that we listen to what it’s trying to
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Productive stress is a mask
Our society rewards productivity. We learn to crave it. But I’m learning more + more that this is extremely deceptive + harmful. Problem is, we don’t quite know what to do with ourselves when the
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Healing looks like…
I’ve learned to laugh, rest + enjoy life without guilt. I’ve learned to detach from the drama or chaos that I use to get high off of. I tune in to my true self everyday, whether it be through
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Pay Full Price & Tip Well
My first job was serving soft serve ice cream. I’d ride my bike to the local shop and work a few hours after school. I learned to count back change, greet customers + clean up after my shift. Later,
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Instead of I’m Sorry…
We teach our children to apologize faster than we teach them to take up space. Then we wonder why they don’t feel confident, struggle with insecurities, or doubt their very own power.
I don’t believe
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Sending love to all
Motherhood isn’t just for those who bear children. In every way, women all over have the ability to influence + impact those around them. They birth encouragement, power, comfort, guidance + a fierce
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Honoring your mother…
Honoring your mother isn’t the same as honoring + carrying the burdens of her unhealed wounds. Honoring her isn’t keeping quiet about your truth, your needs, or your grief. Honoring your mother isn’t
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When a mother heals
This is how I knew. How I knew I was making progress. How I knew I was mothering from a place of healing + not hurt/fear. I, like many of you perhaps, worried often if I was doing this mama thing
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What Codependency teaches vs. what Boundaries teach us
As a mother to (almost) three young girls, I’m beginning to see just how often they are looking to me for the directions + rules on how to live.
What I have realized, through observing them, is that
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