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05/21/2026

A lot of people are feeling the weight of worry lately. Be kind. Give grace. It doesn't cost anything.

05/04/2026

How many times do you re-heat your coffee in the morning before you realize you actually NEED the 5 minutes of peace to drink your coffee hot the first time in order to be present in your day??

04/27/2026

A lot of high-functioning women stay because nothing is TECHNICALLY wrong. The job is okay. The relationship is tolerable. The routine gets things done. The bills get paid. Peoples needs are met. No one is being abused. Even if you're not happy, everyone is fine. But something feels off. And instead of listening to it, you push it away... minimize it, push it down, stay where it's familiar. You wait for the terrible thing to happen to give you the justification to leave, but it doesn't happen and for some reason your happiness isn't justification enough. Spring doesn't just bring growth, it brings awareness. And awarenss will ask you: Are you staying because it's right for you.. or because fear is louder than truth right now?

04/24/2026

Checking IN!! Can you relate?? If you got really honest with yourself...even if it's just for a minute, what kind of change do you want? You may not be at the point that you can make the change, but acknowledging that you want it can help with all of that conflict and perceived burnout you are feeling in your body. Just try it...

04/22/2026

There's always alot of talk around "resetting" and sometimes we need that. However, sometimes what we need is BRUTAL honesty with ourselves. Have you been trying to fix something repeatedly and it's not working? Have you been tolerating poor boundaries with others and you notice the resentment that you've built? Do you recognize that the job you spend most of your time at brings you no joy? Is that guy just not the one for you no matter how many ways you try to shape shift? Maybe instead of trying to reset, you start with some honesty... if you can't give it to yourself who can help you in this area?

04/20/2026

Spring has a way of showing you things you've been tolerating all Winter. We ignore problems that pull us away from what is necessary in the moment. We naturally pick our battles. When we go into survival mode, our focus often shifts to whats immediately in front of us. Our resources are limited and our energy is lower. We discern what we are going to use our resources on as result of these limitations. Sometimes we don't need a reset, we just need to get really HONEST with ourselves about what we've been tolerating for too long and what we are ready to begin to let go of.

04/17/2026

It's okay to heal quieter this season. In a world where creating the perfect life for social media is the thing, it's okay to do it all a little different. Its okay if Spring doesn't feel like your season of "rebirth". It's okay if you don't feel like frolicking in a field of wild flowers and staying inside to read a book is more your vibe. Healing looks different for different people. It also looks dfferent at different points of therapy, different stages of life and different days of the week. Honor where you are today and what you need. There's a difference between pressure that INSPIRES you and pressure that makes you feel like you're doing it all wrong. PUSH away the pressure that makes you feel that you're doing something wrong. EMBRACE the pressure that helps you feel inspired. If you struggle to know the difference, practice this exercise... think of something that you KNOW inspire you. What does that feel like in your body? Use that sensation as a gauge to monitor pressure. Does it feel closer to that sensation or closer to something negative a shameful. Your body holds the answer to a lot more than you ever realize.

04/15/2026

If you're in a relationship with someone chances are you carry at least one of these regularly... and when I say "relationship" I mean romantic, friend, family, colleague or other. The idea isn't to change everything. It's simply to recognize that life creates invisible pressures and stress that we don't always acknowledge and we often feel the need to keep pushing through. You can want to strive forward AND acknowledge the load you continue to carry. You can recognize the weight of the load AND be grateful to have the blessings that come along with it. It doesn't have to be that everything is great OR everything sucks. The beauty of life is the duality of it all. The trick is being real with where you're at with it today.

04/13/2026

Growth isn’t always about picking things up...sometimes it’s about finally putting things down.

Spring is about reflecting, rebirth, rebloom. It's a time to look at the loads we are carrying and see what we can put down. Sometimes Spring can create this pressure of having to get everything together... spring cleaning, taxes, school starting to wind down, planning for summer vacations, College deadlines, the list never stops. There is always opportunity to pull into the future and keep planning, keep stressing about the NEXT THING. However, there is pattern never gives us the chance to actually put down some of the mental load we have been carrying all along. In the same way we have to clean out the gardens before we can plant new plants, we benefit from identifying the mental overload we are carrying and starting to take steps to correct this.

04/10/2026

People don't always react to your boundaries, they react to losing access to you. These are the same people who benefited to you not having boundaries to begin with. If you struggle with setting boundaries with someone, you build yourself up and you FINALLY do it only to be met with anger, defensiveness or dismissiveness from the other person. This makes you instantly feel guilty, selfish and questioning your judgement on setting the boundary to begin with. Do you crawl back into your shell and continue to let them walk all over you? Do you allow resentment to continue to build within you without them even knowing? Understanding that people often aren't reacting to your boundaries because you are doing something wrong can help you navigate the guilt and upset that you start to feel in the process.

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