Category: Self-Care
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Healthy People Don’t Intentionally Hurt Others
To Emotional, Mental, and/or Physical Abusers: Your pain towards yourselves is very clear. If you were healthy and happy individuals you wouldn’t feel the need to tear someone else down. This is not just to men or women in romantic relationships. This is to the bosses, co-workers, friends, parents, sons, and/or daughters who are out…
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Dear Fear: A Letter from A Better Me
Dear Fear, I know you have served me in the past and protected me at times. I thank you for your service in keeping me safe. The problem is now I don’t need protection like I did when I was a child. Living in your presence on a daily basis is holding me back. I…
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You are NOT Stupid!
To the People who Refer to Themselves as Stupid: We all make mistakes! Mistakes are missteps, detours, and/or stepping stones to growth (as long as we learn from them). They definitely don’t make us stupid. We may try things and fail again and again. You are still not stupid. You may turn to drugs or…
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A Letter to Self: Staying Open to Learn
Dear Self, Please, keep your eyes open to what is beyond physical sight. Help me to be aware of how my thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and behaviors are guiding me. If I’m focused on fear, please make me aware of seeing my situation through eyes of love. Let me see there is a choice in how…
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An Apology for What I Missed
Dear Now, I never knew how against you I really was. I thought I was more attuned than I actually am. A passage in A New Earth: Awakening Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle just opened my eyes. He explains, “There are three ways in which the ego will treat the present moment: as a means to…
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A Letter from A Better Me: No Perfection Needed
Dear Perfection, I know you don’t exist, so why do I expect you in places you don’t belong? Why do I expect others to not make mistakes? Why do I condemn myself when I make mistake? My logic tells me I learn from the mistakes I made. Isn’t that better than not learning anything at…
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SNEAK PEEK: Dear Addicted Child (Adult)
A Letter from Chapter 4: Healing and Releasing the Past Chapter 4 is all about healing and releasing what doesn’t align with the energy we want to be living in. Chapter’s sections are: Everyday Encounters, Media Triggers, Family History, Loved Ones, Personal Traumas, Spirituality, and Self. The following letter is one I’ve watched many families…
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A Letter of Empowerment to Single Moms
Dear Single Moms, I was raised by you, and I am you. I see you completely in your struggles and your joys. I know how easy it is to get lost in the title. There have been times when I feel like I have to struggle just because I’m a single mom. I’ve felt alone…
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A LETTER FROM A BETTER ME: A COMMITMENT TO SELF-CARE
(Podcast available 7/11/22) Dear Self, Today, I will make a commitment to take 30 minutes or more a day for me. In that time, I will not have my phone on and will do everything in my power not to be distracted by the outside world. I will use this time to show myself love,…
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Differences between Taking Responsibility and Blaming
Learning the differences between taking responsibility and blaming was one of the most powerful tools I’ve learned to live a fulfilling life. Now, I’ve been getting lessons on this one since I was a teenager. I think my mom’s favorite lines were, “I can’t make you do anything.” Along with, “I can’t make you feel…
From A Loving Place 