“What is not transformed, is transferred.” I recently heard these words, and they couldn’t be more true. We all carry our share of trauma. Trauma is the lingering wound left behind by life’s experiences, and often, we mistake trauma for the incidents themselves. Every occurrence in our lives, whether we like it …
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Rewiring your brain can help you reclaim your strength and heal from past traumas, but it starts with nurturing your inner child. Repeatedly and intentionally, show them a path of growth and transformation, making them feel safe. To me, acceptance means embracing both the positive and negative aspects that surround a particular situation for the …
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Every day, I’m learning the art of self-compassion, especially after a history of being relentlessly tough on myself. Don’t wait for life to push you into being gentle and gracious with yourself; make it a deliberate and consistent practice. For some of us, it might be one of the most challenging things we ever …
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The power of starting over. It’s incredible what time, seasons and effort can do to shift the trajectory of life. What is painful and hopeless in one season starts to slowly fade away as you move. Before you know it, you start noticing things that you never thought of before. Possibilities that open a new …
We so easily get comfortable with the flaws created from survival mode, that we blindly start believing it’s acceptable to disregard all else. I know I behave a certain way, and nothing else really matters because, you don’t know what I’ve been through, you have no idea what I had to do, to get to …
Our brain quickly picks up on our habits, they quickly transform into character. Now it’s easy to adapt a flaw, even more weird cause it doesn’t require much time or energy to sustain it. Oh the unfairness of it all! Let me not digress. Having experienced early segregation and rejection, chasing and validating my thoughts …
Here I am. Once again looking over myself. Is it with pity or rage that I find myself brimming with tears, that have long lost its meaning. Look around, what do you see? Swiftly turn your gaze, there, don’t break contact. This is who we attract. Shame, disgust, let’s run far away. It’s not supposed …
What is this season of your life trying to teach you? I saw this question the other day scrolling on my socials. I paused and took a moment to think about it. Then it came to me. I’ve written a new blog in my head over a hundred times for the past couple of months …
I am not a fan of it. I try to avoid it like a plague if necessary. What do you do when you’ve done all the running and hiding, but it still catches up with you? There’s no escaping. It’s still there. Waiting. Kind of like a stare down contest. Who’s going to budge first? …
I came to a conclusion a while back that one of the major differences of those that appear to be walking in their purpose and those that are still on the process or journey to discovering theirs is nothing but sheer audacity. Yes, audacity. Critically thinking or let’s say a simple observation of those you …