Let yourself have fun

Let yourself have fun

When was the last time you let yourself have real, unapologetic fun? Not the kind that’s scheduled and measured, but the spontaneous, childlike kind that makes you laugh until you snort and makes you forget, just for a moment, about the world’s expectations....
I had to help myself first

I had to help myself first

When I first started on my path of healing, I had no idea what I was doing. I had been voice-challenged for a long time, and other than to speak up, which rarely worked out since I was angry, resentful, and sad all at once so the words got jumbled, I didn’t have...
Don’t wait for someone else to approve!

Don’t wait for someone else to approve!

Years ago, I worried a lot about what other people thought about me. Not so much anymore. It’s not that I never wonder how others will react to my behaviour and what it could mean to our relationship, or means for me. The difference is that now I hear those...
Hard doesn’t mean don’t do it

Hard doesn’t mean don’t do it

My body has been challenging me lately. When it began to shift gears on me, being well-versed in needing to take responsibility for my outcomes, I thought about all the things I may have been doing or not doing to cause the discomfort. All the physical things, the...
It’s ok if you don’t have the words today

It’s ok if you don’t have the words today

We women hold ourselves to impossible standards. We do our best to be everything expected of us so we don’t disappoint anyone, even when we know that doing it all leads to our own exhaustion and disempowers others too. The truth is, women are given such a bad...
Allowing yourself to take that breath

Allowing yourself to take that breath

I’ve just got back from a week of family camping. It was so great, full of life and love that pushed all my healing buttons! Honestly, I considered not going. I had a low-grade health thing that I thought would be a pain to take care of from a campsite, and...