Category: Personal Growth

Why We Need To Practice Self-Compassion

This blog is intended to help those who need to forgive themselves for being anything ‘less than’. Forgiving our injustices towards ourselves. We set the bar so high for ourselves, don’t you think? And, I know, you could say that’s a good thing. But, the issue here is we often set it too high. Just, just out of reach. And, we set ourselves up for repeated disappoint because of this. This is where the need to practice self-compassion comes in.

July 21, 2021

Know Your Self Worth

Remember when you were a kid and there was that one kid that you gravitated towards? They were the funny one, the one that didn’t seem to give a damn what anyone thought of them. They showed the world that they weren’t giving up on their own identity for anything. Sadly, in way too many cases this is more for show, with an insecurity hidden beneath it all. But, that kid was holding on to their sense of identity for all that they were worth, as they should! And, us bystanders to their freedom, wished to have that confidence in who we were too.

What, or Who decides your worth? Was there a moment that you decided you were or weren’t worthy of living the life you imagined for yourself? This is a weighted subject so I will try to go easy. What I know is this. There are 2 absolute truths here. 1 is that we ALL feel unworthy at some point in our lives. The other one is that we all are worthy. This is not debatable. There is no argument. You, as a miracle of life and a child of God are worthy. It is life’s greatest sadness that we struggle so much to see this. We should know this intrinsically through anything that life throws at us, but instead we make ourselves small.

July 13, 2021

The Importance of Hobbies

It’s time to give the humble hobby some recognition. As I learn and growth through this Personal Growth journey I am on I uncover hidden gems like ‘the hobby!’ An overlooked and underappreciated contributor to our overall happiness! Cynical? Hear me out.

Hobbies give us so much more than just enjoyment. Hobbies are a means of self-expression, personal growth and good old pleasure. Honestly, I think the importance of hobbies is totally lost on most of us. In this blog I want to have a look at the importance of hobbies and why we need to give them the recognition they deserve.

June 19, 2021

Allowing Yourself to Grow

My personal growth has meant learning to stop playing it small. That means learning to put myself out into the world, to stop holding myself back. But my wings are not capable yet, they are still growing. Sometimes it feels like an unscalable mountain. But, there is no starting line and finishing line for Personal Growth, is there? And each new hurdle comes with challenges and risks that stir up fears.

June 11, 2021

Lesson’s I’ve Learned from 1yr of Blogging

Starting a blog was a scary thing for me to do. Learning to put myself out there into the world in a whole new way. What I didn’t expect was how many lessons I would learn from blogging and the entire process. Sharing my thoughts and growth with you over the last year has been so rewarding! It has come with many, many challenges but I love it more now than I ever could have imagined. It has become a part of my identity and self expression.

June 3, 2021

What Mindfulness Means to Me

When your baby is born you count their fingers and toes. You stare at their perfection for hours on end. Lying under the unexplainable weight of a sleeping 3mnth old you enjoy that feeling of sinking beneath the trust and love that they embody. We become fully tuned in to that new presence, that new life. A pure, mindful moment.

There is something magical in that time when they are so small, so vulnerable, and so pure. When I think about what mindfulness means to me, this is what it is. Being so present in the moment and experiencing it so fully that you feel overcome with love and emotions. This is the reward of mindfulness. Like a warm embrace it brings comfort and a sense of belonging.

May 26, 2021

Question Everything!

Yes, that’s what I said. Question Everything. Don’t take anything for granted, don’t assume, don’t nod and just say yes. Question the status quo! We all have different perspectives, goals and purposes in this life, for us to find our own way in life we need to question everything.

We need to take our blinkers off and start questioning our lives and how we are living them. This post may seem in your face, may raise the hairs on the back of your neck, or it may make you think more carefully about what you have accepted as ‘just the way it is’. My purpose is just to get you to not take everything at face value, but to think about your life, maybe from a different perspective, and figure out if you are living life or if it is living you! Figuring this out starts by questioning the status quo.

May 18, 2021

Finding Strength Through Pain

Strength Through Pain

I cannot pinpoint a day where I discovered my strength but I recognize a time, a period in my life, that made me strong even if I didn’t realize it at the time. I recognize that finding strength through pain, as much as we may not choose it, is a powerful life lesson. Don’t ever underestimate the force of strength that develops in you through life’s painful experiences. Sometimes God gives you trials that strengthen you beyond anything you believed possible.

This is my story (and my family’s story too) of just such a pain that produced a strength in me I did not know I was capable of. It isn’t always easy to reflect back on these experiences, but so important to recognize your growth. And, to appreciate our blessings. I am sharing this to encourage you to seek out the lessons and positive take-aways from difficult experiences. Find another perspective on life’s hard times.

May 2, 2021

Why Celebrating Mother’s Day is so Important

There are a million thoughts and words that swirl through my head every day. But, finding the right ones to describe how much I value my Mother are almost impossible. So, this blog is an acknowledgement of my incredible Mother as well as all the others out there. Those that have dedicated their lives to being our provider, our biggest supporter and our rock through all that life throws at us. You deserve so much more than one day! This is for you!

April 24, 2021

What is Flow?

When inspiration seems lacking and you find yourself staring at a blank page, how do you find your way back to your flow?

This, right here, is me in the process. Connecting to my flow, my inner guide, my intuition. My WORDS. I find my flow by getting started. By putting that first word down on the page. For me, flow means to write. For you it may look like inspiration to paint using a different medium to what you are used to. It might look like trying out every recipe you can find until you get the perfect apple pie or playing guitar until the sun comes up. For me, it is trusting the words as they find their way onto the page. It is tuning in to that self-expression that is more than the surface ‘self’. More like expression of the true self. It is like freedom and clarity and love all at once. It’s deeply personal, like pure surrender.