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Rest Is a Revolution
Are we resting? I’m not talking just sleep, I mean are we taking our rest seriously because it’s not a reward but very much a requirement. Things like yoga and stretching help our bodies recover from our day. Journaling and taking breaks when needed are crucial to our mental rest. It’s even beneficial to our…
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Pour Back Into Yourself
You can’t pour from an empty cup, and no one talks about it enough, but self-replenishing is vital to our beings. We go and we go and we go some more without stopping to consider even the little things. Did I eat today? Am I tired? Am I overstimulated? Granted, priorities and time management do…
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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.…
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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…
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You Can’t Heal What You Won’t Face
You can’t get to the sweet and juicy without peeling the rind first. The past is the rind. And most of us are walking around hungry because we won’t do the work to get through it. Sometimes surviving the past isn’t enough, and I don’t think the core of our being ever allows us to…
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You vs. You
The most unfair thing you can ever do to yourself is compare you (the only you in the world might I add) to someone else. Don’t underestimate what it cost to be you, because that price isn’t cheap. Some of us had to go through years of being put-down before we gained our current confidence.…