Tag: self-improvement
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Choosing a Word for the Year: An Alternative to New Year’s Resolutions
Choosing a Word for the Year: An Alternative to New Year’s Resolutions
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Reblog: Trauma Is Not Your Fault, But Healing Is Your Responsibility
I have two good friends who are going through different forms of trauma currently. Speaking with them over the past few weeks has brought a lot of tears, some laughs, and many memories of times I have wrestled with inner traumas myself. As has become common, I came across a blog post written by Brianna…
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Reblog: A Short List Of Things Worth Doing For Self-Care
On Friday I talked about what I believe self-care truly means and how ugly real self-care can be. This might mean taking a good, long look at yourself and finding solutions — whether easy or difficult — to fix the issues prohibiting you to be your best you. Figuring out those solutions can be a…
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The Ugliness of Self-Care
Today I want to talk about self-care. True self-care. Not the romanticized and trendy version the world is constantly pushing down our throats. Not the bath bombs and face masks and #treatyourself high-dollar purchases and ritual meditations the world seems so eager to focus on for peak lifestyles. No, I’m talking about real self-care. The…
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5 Reasons Life is Better Without Your Ex
The county fair was last week and, as is the usual tendency at the fair, my friends and I ate unhealthily while we walked aimlessly around and ran into old classmates and colleagues. One of the groups we happened to run into contained a kid from my high school who was also once one of my campers.…