Frozen In Fear
“Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” – Jack Canfield I sit on the edge of the sturdy rubber boat, staring at the rare spectacular blue emanating from beneath the water. I wonder about hidden […]
Mind & Emotions
Why Getting Rid of Stuff Was Harder Than I Thought
Getting rid of stuff was a great feeling. It was a weight lifted off my shoulders (and my storage closet), but there were downsides I hadn’t anticipated. Getting rid of stuff was harder than I thought, both physically and emotionally.
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How Art Can Heal Anxiety
The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is the silence the mind. – Caroline Myss When will this stop? Perched on the edge of the couch in my dark apartment, I draw deep
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How Letting Go of Security Changed My Life
“We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it” – John Steinbeck A few years ago, I was living a completely normal life. I had recently finished school, I had a steady job,
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How I Silenced My Internal Judge and Became a Writer
Charlotte: “I just don’t know what I’m supposed to be.” Bob: “You’ll figure that out. The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.” -Lost in Translation, 2003 One
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How I Came to Understand the True Meaning of Beauty
“If only our eyes saw souls instead of bodies how very different our ideals of beauty would be.”- Anonymous My experience with mental illness officially started in September 2012 when I was diagnosed with Body Dysmorphic Disorder characterized by an
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6 Ideas That are Changing the Way I Experience Fear
I sat in my car next to the tennis courts watching other people arrive. My hands shook and my stomach churned. I told myself I would get out of my car and walk onto the courts the second
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5 Things You Can Do To Overcome A Bad Decision
“Stop beating yourself up. You are a work in progress; which means you get there a little at a time, not all at once.” – Unknown When I left my corporate job to pursue my passion business, I
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How I Put Chronic Worry Behind Me
“Worry is a misuse of the imagination.” – Dan Zadra I’m a worrywart, or should I say a recovering worrywart. The thing that started me on my path to recovery is the very thing that I tended to
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Burn Your Beliefs.. Literally
Are you a belief-hoarder? I most certainly am. I found myself listening to some speakers who had a few things to say about replacing old, negative beliefs with positive ones. “We construct our own reality. We are what we
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“Have You Lost Weight?”
Ah, the loaded question, “have you lost weight?” If I only had a slice of cheesecake for every time someone asked me that. I’d have a lot of freaking cheesecake. I like New York traditional, by the way,
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