Category: relationships
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90-Day A Better Me Series: Day 1-A Commitment for 2019
Welcome 2019 90-Day A Better Me Series Day 1: Commitment for 2019 Each year I pick something to focus on. Last year my journey was about staying present. This year is about passing on what I’ve learned and assisting individuals to find their self-worth and get past the blocks that have been holding them back.…
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90-Day A Better Me Letters Series: Day 1 – Welcome to the Journey
Letters From A Better Me 90-Day A Better Me Letters Series Day 1: Welcome to the Journey Dear Readers, Welcome to the journey of A Better Me. This letters piece of the journey is about connecting to the material in the 90-Day A Better Me Series. One of the things I’ve learned in my experience…
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Breaking Free From My Unhealthy Relationships: Finding Love through the Darkness
I am no master. I have survived some horrible situations and lost much of my innocence way too young. I still fight, cry, and struggle through some of life’s twists and turns. Here is what I know, life is full of lessons and I have survived them all. Some of my deepest scars have helped…
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Enjoying My Happily Ever Now
This year for my birthday I received a beautiful surprise, my boyfriend of almost three years took me ring shopping. Wait, I know where some of your heads are going, because most of the people I said this to went there too… this is about happily ever now, not happily ever after. We went from…
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5 Ways to Stop Abusing Ourselves: How to Bring Healthy Relationships into Our lives
If you are one of the many people who have wondered what a healthy relationship looks like, more than likely you are guilty of abusing yourself. Why do I say this? Because healthy people don’t have to ask the question, they just have healthy relationships. This isn’t just an outer appearance healthy; this is the…
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How I Grew From My Toxic Relationships
If you are reading this, you probably either have been involved in or had a front row seat to watch someone else’s toxic relationship unfold. I have had the privilege of experiencing both, and yes I meant privilege. My toxic relationships are what got me healthy. It was like a boot camp for emotional/mental health.…
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The Break-Up Playlist
Introduction I wrote this piece in April 2014. In a Creative Non-Fiction Workshop at Eckerd College, I was surrounded by a group of amazing writers. Me, a Human Development major who was NOT used to writing creatively. My college experience was full of technical writing and was pretty stiff. This piece came from a VERY…
From A Loving Place 