Tag: healing journey

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Practicing Gratitudes for a Happier Life

With Thanksgiving being this weekend here in the states, I thought it was the perfect time to talk about gratitudes. While I will admit that there are days when it is REALLY hard to do, practicing gratitudes has been proven to help increase your happiness. There are a lot of benefits to gratitudes. Being actively …

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Spoon Theory

Have you ever heard someone say that they’re out of spoons? Maybe when they’re feeling burnt out, exhausted or just completely out of energy? It’s an expression I’ve used pretty often throughout the years, ever since I discovered Spoon Theory and how perfectly it describes what I’m feeling sometimes. Today I thought I’d share a …

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Burnout is real.

Lately, I’ve been taking on a lot. Raising two kids, running two businesses, home renovations, healing psychically and mentally from surgery and complications, continuing to heal from trauma and ptsd, craft fairs… All while trying to make sure that I provide an amazing supportive and loving environment for my children to grow up in, supporting …

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Breaking Down Mental Abuse and Neglect

If you’ve been following along this month, I’ve been talking about the different types of abuse leading up to how it shows up in cycles and affects our relationships. This week, I’m going to focus on two major categories: mental abuse and neglect. I’ll start with mental abuse. Mental abuse comes in many forms and …

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Breaking Down Physical and Sexual Abuse

Continuing with this month’s breakdown of abuse and how it shows up in cycles and affects our relationships, I wanted to go into more detail on physical and sexual abuse. These are often more acknowledged than mental abuse or neglect, however there are still many victims who are left without help. I’ll start with physical …

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Abuse in it’s simplest of definitions…

This month, I wanted to talk about abuse and the cycle/effects of violence. I strongly believe that it’s rare for a woman to develop a healthy lifestyle after being the victim of abuse as a girl, especially in regards to both romantic and platonic relationships. However in order to talk about the cycle and the …

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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

Two weeks ago, I shared about Imposter Syndrome. Then last week, I mentioned that I would share some ways to combat it. So, here I am to keep my word and share some of what I have learned about and what has been working for me. It’s time to let go of perfect. The biggest …

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