Why do we stop ourselves? Why do we stop doing the things that we know help us? Do we want to stay stuck? Or is that just me? See, I can write a bunch of things and blame everyone else, but the truth is – I stopped. I stopped doing my morning pages, stopped walking, stopped dancing, stopped singing, stopped getting my tarot cards out, stopped finding my joy. I stopped being happy. I let…
Leave a CommentLast week I talked about being happy, and how we aren’t really taught this growing up – for better or for worse. This week I want to touch on something else most of us weren’t taught – how to feel our feelings. Again, this isn’t a judgment thing – our ancestors were too busy struggling to find food and raise children the best they could with what they had, but if we stop and think…
Leave a CommentThe writing mastermind I’m a part of online has been discussing various aspects of our personal and business journeys in relation to End of Year Goals – as the final 100 days of 2018 approaches. In one of the discussions, we started talking about Joy and Doing Things that Make You Happy and a lot of us had a hard time coming up with lists of things that make us happy and activities that bring…
Leave a CommentI’ve been working with my nutritionist for awhile. First, we started with my mindset, being okay with who I am right here and right now. Not putting off goals and life just because I carry extra pounds, being happy and enjoying life and food because life is meant to be enjoyed. Once we felt like I was doing okay with that step, we moved on to mindful food tracking. This can bring up so many emotions…
Leave a CommentGet ready for some real talk. For the past few years I have been learning about and implementing Health At Every Size (HAES) and Body Positivity into my life, but for the past few months, I’ve been hating myself and my body. Generally, I feel like a failure. A big fat failure. I am fat. That’s a fact. I don’t say this as a negative thing, I say it as if I would say, I’m…
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