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  • Tag You’re It

    Tag You’re It

    We all have a past and lessons we had to learn the hard way. Some lessons softened us. Some hardened us. Some changed how we move forever. Growth isn’t just personal — it’s shared. Your story might be the reminder someone else needs today.

  • Grace for Who You Had to Be

    Grace for Who You Had to Be

    Stop punishing yourself for who you had to be to survive. For the walls you built because you didn’t feel safe. For the hurt you hid under anger because vulnerability would’ve made everything worse. You made it. Give yourself credit for surviving. The fact that you’re still here is proof your life isn’t in vain.…

  • Showing Up Whole

    Showing Up Whole

    It’s one thing to show up for yourself and deal with your past – heck showing up alone is half the fight. But showing up whole after being restored from your past, that’s a game changer I’ve been longing for. Showing up whole means accepting the things that I can’t change. Forgiving myself and others. …

  • Making Peace with Who I Used to Be

    Making Peace with Who I Used to Be

    I’m learning that healing from my past also means making peace with my past self.  Making peace with who I used to be, what and who I used to allow in my space. Asking God’s forgiveness, and being thankful that I’m not who I was anymore, gives me peace. There’s nothing I can do to…

  • There Was Peace Waiting in My Past

    There Was Peace Waiting in My Past

    Healing in real time feels foreign and a little awkward. Unpacking the avoidance was pretty emotional because let’s be honest – it was packed to be ignored. And even though I know I’m headed in the right direction it feels funny letting go of the weight I’ve been carrying all of this time. As uncomfortable as this…

  • Your Past Is A Resource

    Your Past Is A Resource

    It just seems ridiculous to survive our past and not build from it. I’m not saying I’ve had that perspective all of my life, not even most of my life – I wish. Some of us made it out when others didn’t. That alone is reason enough to build from it. It’s Working taught us…