Category: Self Love

Forget Fitting In: Try Being Authentic Instead

Can I ask you, why do we so badly want to fit in? What is the drive, deep within us that pushes us to be anything but ourselves in order to be acceptable to, and accepted by, others? How is it possible that we choose the acceptance of our peers over our own? It seems ridiculous. And yet, we are overwhelmingly more likely to go against our own nature in order to please our friends, family and even colleagues! What is the appeal, and the pull of fitting in that is so magnetic?

April 1, 2023

Deciding to Show up for Yourself

There is a lot of focus on showing up for everyone else in our lives. But what does it look like to show up for yourself? Does this mean neglecting your duties or responsibilities to the people in your life or can we find a healthy balance so that we don’t get left behind? I’d like to think that we absolutely can show up for ourselves without dropping the ball on other areas of our lives. In fact, I’m going to insist that we show up better for others when we show up for ourselves first!

March 25, 2023

Repeat After Me: I Am Enough

This blog is the result of me deciding to walk away. Not forever. Just for a little while. Just for long enough to be able to remind myself to reconnect with who I am. Because I am enough. Because, for a while there I forgot that I am enough. I forgot that I do not need to do, or be, anything to be enough. Let me explain. I am dedicated to this blog. I’m dedicated to the purpose behind it. And I am dedicated to being part of the solution in this world. I’m dedicated to you, and to serving you in any small way that God has given me the ability to do so. And, to me, that is through my words.

March 11, 2023

Why you should start your Future Self Journaling Routine

Okay, so this will be my third blog on your future self. I am going to include some of the ideas (and links) from the previous two blogs, but what I would like to focus on in this blog is journaling. We’ll look at the idea of practicing future self journaling as a way to really tap into, and build on, that future vision for yourself.

January 27, 2023

Advice for my Younger Self

Imagine you are 12 again. You get a letter in the mail. This letter changes everything for you! It contains every word you ever wanted to hear. Every kindness, every encouragement, every bit of faith in your abilities. This letter is from yourself. The future you, stronger and wiser chose to sit down and write this valuable letter of advice for my younger self. This future version of you knows everything that you are going to go through and knows that you need love and support above all else.

January 13, 2023

Morning Routine Ideas to Connect with Yourself

After enjoying a few weeks off over the holidays and finding myself losing grip on my healthy morning routine, I thought I’d share with you why I feel it’s important to have a routine that starts you off on the right foot. The morning routine ideas that work for me, the ones that help me feel good and blessed and connected to myself. You may find they will work for you or maybe they’re not your cup of tea, but you feel inspired to find your own routine that works for you. Either way finding the morning routine that works for you is a great way to show up in the right mindset every day.

December 18, 2022

5 Reasons to Build a Self-Care Sunday Routine

While it may not be the best idea to announce only 1 day of the week as Self-Care Sunday, (as opposed to 7!) it’s a start! Self-Care needs to be something we make a more conscious effort with. It goes hand in hand with Self-Love and together they can help us change the way we treat, and see, ourselves.

December 10, 2022

Using Affirmations for Self Love Daily

You could argue that there is nothing more important than self-love. Well, it’s up there, that’s for sure! To me, self-love is connected to every area of your life and affects every area. That makes it super important, don’t you think? The power of affirmations for self love is that they give us that boost that so many of us need to remind ourselves of our own value. Using affirmations daily serves as our reminder that we are loved. That we matter. And we don’t need to hear it from anyone else, we need to be our own biggest fans!

November 18, 2022

Knowing We All Make Mistakes Doesn’t Make It Easier

Expectation can feel like a choke hold on our lives. And even though we all make mistakes, and we know this, somehow we leave little room for errors in our own lives. It’s gotten so bad that we relish when someone else makes a mistake. Looking for the opportunity to take pity on them in some magnanimous gesture. And all the while its insecurity showing up as it always does to rain on someone else’s parade for a change instead of ours. But that doesn’t make it better, it just makes it feel better.

October 21, 2022