"You're mean." This was something I heard a lot growing up. Are there mean girls? Sure, there are. But many girls who boldly speak up for themselves are often mislabeled as mean, difficult, or stuck up. However, she's not mean. She is assertive and confident, daring with a little bit of sass and jazz. As [...]
Category: Empowerment
Trusting Yourself: Eliminating Self-Doubt and Fear
How often has fear been why you did or didn't do something? Allowing fear to be the navigator of your life will only lead to the feeling of regret or playing the shoulda, coulda, woulda game. The time is now to be led by faith. Fear can dictate so much if you allow it. You [...]
Self-Love, Self-Care, and Spiritual Trends: Buzz Words?
"Don't let this tainted 'self-love' trend have you 50 & alone because you walked away from everything that 'didn't serve you' instead of learning conflict resolution." I am not sure of the referenced quote's originator, but the accuracy is spot on. Self-love has become tainted. Self-care, mental health, boundaries, and therapy have become talking points. [...]
The Company You Keep
It should be a regular practice to assess the relationships in your life, especially if you are a person that practices self-improvement. As you improve, your needs and wants will change. Your boundaries will shift (hopefully for the better), you become more self-aware, self-accountability improves, and so forth. Often times as you evolve, others stay [...]
Authentic Change
Change is a beautiful thing, but let’s face it, people rarely do it. Change requires being uncomfortable, letting go of the familiar, breaking old habits—most of which people are not willing to do.Trust your intuition. Pay attention to the red flags. Actual change doesn’t look like the past.