Posts Tagged ‘acceptance’
The Kind of Compliment That Matters
I recently posted this picture in my Instagram story: Over the last six months, I’ve been working on cultivating radical self-acceptance, the kind that accepts and loves me no matter…
Read MoreUnderstanding and acceptance are not the same thing
It’s impossible to go throughout life without experiencing loss, rejection, failure, heartbreak and adversity on some level. Stressful situations happen to everyone. Some things happen suddenly. We’re heading…
Read MoreLooking Back, Beginning Again
Towards the end of each year, I find myself in a reflective state where I look back at all the events that have transpired and brought me to the…
Read MoreWhen everything inside you wants to contract, expand
I used to run from pain. My baby sister died when I was in 3rd grade and for years I stuffed it down, never letting anyone know my…
Read MoreThings fall into place when you stop looking
It’s happened to you. It’s happened to me. When we stop looking, forcing and worrying, things magically seem to fall into place. I discovered my calling the…
Read MoreSelf-Care Is Not Selfish
It’s so easy to sacrifice ourselves, our time, and our bodies for something or someone else. Since coming back from my retreat in CA a month ago, I’ve…
Read MoreWhy You Should Care a Little Less
“I’m really struggling with this one class I teach,” my friend told me over lunch. I nodded, knowing how stressful the last year has been for her in…
Read MoreAre You Stuck in the Middle?
It’s no accident that Dante began The Inferno, his allegorical journey through Hell, “Midway upon the journey of life / I found myself within a forest dark”. In…
Read MoreThe Sugar Cookie Effect
Life isn’t fair. Most of us struggle with this basic tenet of life. We don’t always understand why some people get the good end of the stick of…
Read MoreLove is letting go of fear
Do you remember learning to swim or ride a bike? The terrifying moments of crippling fear where you swore you’d drown or fall off the bike to your peril?…
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