Relationships and friendships have mostly been a disaster. As a young girl, I preferred a close friend over many. However, jealousy, feelings of disappointment, sensitivity, feelings of unworth and not a part of, however, went hand in hand. Whether friend or lover, the push, pull sense of wanting what I could not have and not …
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Relationships: Run From Intimacy
Relationships and friendships have mostly been a disaster. As a young girl, I preferred a close friend over many. However, jealousy, feelings of disappointment, sensitivity, feelings of unworth and not a part of, however, went hand in hand. Whether friend or lover, the push, pull sense of wanting what I could not have and not …
Let go of what other people think!
I used to be the classic people pleaser. I spent countless moments worried about what other people thought. If somebody thought ill of me, I spent time going around trying to fix it. I remember in College, a friend started saying things about me, to other friends, that weren't true. It caused great anguish. I …
Comparing Robs Us
Things will be going along. There is contentment, a type of surrendering peace, purpose, happiness and then one day we pause. Maybe we look at the smiles of the other couple too long . . . . Next thing you know, we are putting our relationship under a microscope, looking at every tiny and perceived …
Releasing Shame
Patterns I have talked often about focusing on what we want, shifting perspective, focusing on all that is good in our life! I have talked often about when we are in the dumps, changing our perspective can be as easy as snapping our finger. I have talked often about how we can get into a …
The sky is the limit – let go of victimhood!
Some people just really want the dramatic story to continue. I mean I've been guilty of it! Like how many more stories can I add to the "this happened to me" saga? It's real. Things do happen. But in every moment, we have a choice to change our perspective, our beliefs, our truth, our reality …
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Victimhood no more!
Some people just really want the dramatic story to continue. I mean I've been guilty of it! Like how many more stories can I add to the "this happened to me" saga? It's real. Things do happen. But in every moment, we have a choice to change our perspective, our beliefs, our truth, our reality …
Just do a RE-DO!
Whether we are talking about children or our own partnerships, sometimes a major reaction/event can be as easy as doing a re-do. We all get triggered and sometimes find ourselves exploding over little things (in the grand scheme of life). It usually has its root in something much deeper. Possibly a deep seeded belief we …
It’s not immaculate and I’m ok with that!
It was an amazing summer full of backyard relaxation and work in the yard. It was a beautiful balance, a way to recharge from a hectic school year. School is now back and on another blistering hot Saturday morning, I was about to set out for my morning jog. Neighbors were doing a neighborhood project …
Kim Hiles, Author | Educator 