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08/30/2021

08/09/2021

Don't change who you are because the world has an opinion on how you should be, think, look and act. You are amazing the way you are 💜

07/20/2021

Posted • .bright.side.of.life_ This past week’s episode of The Bright Side of life is one of inspiration.

Ginn has went through so much and she chose to be a survivor rather than a victim.

When she remembered the terrible event that happened to her as a little girl, she took back control of her life.

Something she hadn’t done for years. Before remembering her traumatic event, Ginn went through several addictions, s*x, drugs, food, overworking to name a few.

She couldn’t understand why she was this way. All she knew is she wanted to numb a pain that was there. But didn’t know why the pain was there in the first place.

But once she made the decision to take her life back, she did the work to heal.

She has done so much work on healing that she finally feels that it’s time to open up about her story.

She wants to be the hope for someone else that might be struggling with opening up.

It’s not easy to do that, but if you choose to do so, you are giving hope to someone else. And that’s one of the greatest gifts we can give another human.

Thank you for sharing your story 💛

✨You can check out my episode “Victim to Survivor” - link in my bio ✨

07/16/2021

Meeting yourself where you are at and allowing your needs to be met is the best thing you can do for your mental health.

07/14/2021

This time it’s different.

If I’m honest I haven’t taken care of my health for awhile. And that is ok. Life happens. My mental health needed more attention and time. My family kept me on my toes. I simply didn’t have time for the gym.

But before I started working out again I needed to learn to love me first. I needed to see that every body is beautiful and imperfections tell our story. My worth is based on who I am as a mother, lover, and human. This body just carries me day to day to do the things that keep my soul happy.

But there’s this other side of it that I haven’t really talked about. There is this fear of falling back into old patterns. This fear of getting caught up in chasing after looking a certain way because society says it’s a “worthier” body.

This fear exists because working out always started simple in the past. I always had innocent intentions or so I told myself. And it has always end up as an obsession with being smaller and feeling I was wanted by others because of it. This obsession has led me to an all to real eating disorder many times. Being sick not only shrunk my body but consumed my life.

So this time I’m more aware, more informed and more in love with myself than I have ever been before.

This time I won’t let obsession consume me.
It won’t be about chasing a beauty standard that doesn’t exist.
It won’t be a punishment.

This time I’m moving my body because I love myself.
It’s about feeling better not looking better, because I’m already beautiful.
Now I’ll do it because I want to keep up with my kids. Not because I’m chasing approval from others because of how I look.

This time it’s about loving myself. 💜

07/13/2021

.bright.side.of.life_ had me on her podcast last week. I was fortunate enough to be able to tell my story of going from victim to survivor.

Please feel free to go take a listen it would mean the world to me 💛

07/12/2021

Trusting the process is hard.

The thing with healing is that it’s not a linear journey. There are so many bumps along the way that its easy to get thrown off course.

Ever feel like you don’t know if you can keep on going because it’s hard and can be even harder to see the progress at times? I’ve been there, we’ve all been there. You are not alone!

As long as you don’t give up you are doing fantastic!! 💜

07/07/2021

More and more lately I'm realizing how much pushing myself beyond my limits doesn't serve me.

Society has taught us to believe that we are only making progress if we are putting in work and grinding it out.

How productive are we really though when operating from a place of exhaustion? How deep can we really go when we are tired of diving in?

When it comes to taking care of yourself you need to learn to slow it down. Rest when needed. Let you mind have a moment of quiet.

The rest is just as valid and needed as doing the work is.

Be gentle on yourself!

07/05/2021

Oh you know, just another little love note I'm leaving around the city of Calgary.

This message really hits home right now. Sharing more of my life, my story and my self-love journey is intimidating. I often find myself worrying in so many ways. Worrying that it’s not good enough, that others will judge or not understand. That others wont be able to relate and won’t connect. But then I post and you guys get it you see me and you can relate. It’s truly so beautiful and I am so grateful for you all!!!!

So if there’s anything to take away from this it’s you don’t have to be perfect to still be amazing. You don’t have to be perfect to inspire others. Others are inspired by the way you deal with your struggles, your heartaches and your imperfections.

07/02/2021

Today marks a pretty big day in our lives here in Alberta and BC. Today we get to burn the mask! (unless your in Calgary 🥴 but were not talking about that here)

Talking about this return to a little more normal this weekend I got to thinking... If you want a pleasant conversation you should probably not talk about and

But if you know me I'm all for a little heat in conversations 💜

If you want to know what lesson I'm taking away from all this choas over the last year and a bit head over to my blog and read my latest post.

Link in bio ✨