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 …

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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 …

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Spring back

My flowers were not doing very well for years. They had stopped blooming. I was unsure what happened and didn't know what they needed. Over the years, I would water them, talk to them and wonder. I thought that possibly they were at the end of their journey, living a long and beautiful life. Until …

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Decisions: Baby steps

I will never forget feeling the call to move very far away. I was in my twenties at the time and for as long as I could remember, I struggled with finding my place in the world. I remember thinking that moving to this city would open a whole new world for me. I wanted …

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Feeling unworthy

Many of us spend a lifetime feeling unworthy. We may feel we have come far in our life, worked through many difficulties, succeeded in much and are actively trying to create the life we deserve...and then we dig a little more and realize we have much more to do. Maybe there are still feelings of …

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When we are Critical of Ourselves

Beating up on self. We do that. A lot. If a friend came up to you and confessed a painful moment, a moment she is not proud of, what would you say to her? Would you berate her, tell her she is worthless, nothing? Would you remind her of all of her mistakes over and …

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Let’s Empower our kids

We all have stories we tell ourselves. Maybe there was nobody there when you were a child so you vow to protect and be there no matter what. The intent is pure and coming from a place of love. However, when we take it too far and speak for our child, blame others or remove …

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Alone or Lost?

Sometimes I have felt so lost and no amount of praying, crying, pleading helped. There have been times, to this day, I just don't know why something happened and why I had to experience it the way I did. However, I know in my heart that there is a bigger picture, a larger picture I …

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EGO is not our enemy

For so long I looked at certain traits in myself and I judged them. I told myself I needed to change. I told myself I needed to do better...be better. Until one day it clicked. All of these things I condemned in myself I realized were my gifts to the world. When I started to …

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Every person is a piece to this great puzzle of life

Whether you wait tables, clean rooms, heal the sick, teach our students, run a company, raise children, sell products, counsel others, serve others, we ALL are a piece to the whole and we ALL contribute in some way. Why do we value some jobs over others? Who made these decisions and why do we buy …

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