For many around the globe, January represents a fresh start and a new chapter. While you can certainly make a goal for yourself any time of the year, now seems to be the time when people do it the most. Today I want to talk about something called a Vision Board. It is an easy activity and daily practice to help you stay focused and achieve your goals for the year ahead!If you’ve read the book The Secret or seen…
Nothing is guaranteed.Isolation is lonely but it can trigger growth.Every single person is flawed.Forgiveness isn’t always necessary… …but letting go of our attachments to pain is.Self-advocacy can feel uncomfortable but it is essential.Expectations are useless.Boundaries are important.Trust your intuition.Gratitude has a positive ripple effect.You cannot plan everything.Children are incredibly resilient and we have so much to learn from them.How people present themselves on social media is often a façade.Comparison will always be the thief of joy.No trial is given without…
In a previous post, The Magic of Journaling I briefly touched upon Future Self Journaling mentioning that I would eventually make a post specifically about my experience with it and why I would recommend it to others. Well, this is that post! I first learned of The Holistic Psychologist aka Nicole LePera a few months ago on Instagram. I found her page and her Future Self Journaling (FSJ) work to be very interesting. To me, it resembled a way of using…
Happy Friday readers! 🙂 Today’s post is dedicated to journaling — why I started, how it is changing my life, and how to get started if journaling is something that you want to begin doing. Let’s jump right in! 🙂 Although I used to write a lot in high school, I stopped writing regularly around 2011. By that point, my life was much less stressful than it had been in recent years. I was no longer dealing with the stress…
Life has been…different lately. I almost feel like I’m on an episode of Big Brother where the tagline is “Expect the unexpected!”. And to that I would say – no thanks, I prefer my predictability! However life always has a way of shaking things up, right? You’ve got the seasons, the long amounts of time in life where things are a certain way – good or bad, easy or tough, then you have the waves. The waves being, shorter…
“Remember the days you prayed for what you have now…” There will always be *something* we want in life that we are working towards. Whether it is material things such as a vehicle, computer, house, etc or life goals such as finding love, having a child, obtaining a degree or publishing your own work — there will always be SOMETHING we are hoping to achieve. It’s a good thing — goals keep us going. However, with certain goals taking years to achieve, life can…
Happy Wednesday! Today I want to talk about something that has been on my mind lately and that is, being yourself. The true, authentic, you, and doing so without fear. When I first started this blog I really struggled with what I wanted to name it. This is always the case with online accounts that are going to essentially represent you in a way, isn’t it? I brainstormed for literally over a week until I finally realized, I’m never…
Hi everyone! Today I wanted to talk about some daily habits that I’ve picked up over the past few years that have really helped me in different areas of my life but especially in the management of my day-to-day stress. I hope you enjoy this post and let me know if you do any of these things, or if there’s anything else you would recommend! Implement Routine Having a daily routine can help you improve so many areas of your…
guard·i·an an·gel noun a spirit that is believed to watch over and protect a person or place. As I’m writing this post, it is currently 9:30pm on August 16th 2019. Two years ago around this very time of day I was able to hold Julia for the very first time since her birth four days prior. The reason I was not able to hold Julia sooner as most of you know, is because she suffered an HIE (hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy…
Gratitude: the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. Contentment: a state of happiness and satisfaction. Earlier this year when thinking about what I wanted my New Year’s Resolutions to be, I really wanted to focus on contentment. I think at some point I fell to the wayside with that but I’m finding my way back there now. I think contentment and gratitude really go hand in hand. Sometimes you have to stop and…