Why being an empath during a pandemic is exhausting but necessary
Empath’s feel the weight of everyone’s pain on our shoulders regularly. But during a pandemic, we feel the weight of the world.
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Get you someone who inspires you to be your best self
I always joke, “I’m just a girl looking for some bridesmaids” I laugh but I have found them, and some. In relationships and friendships surround yourself with people who want to see you at your best. They encourage you to stay on a goal you’ve set, keep it real with you when no one else […]
Read MoreWhy it’s important to get away
We spend 8 hours a day at work, at least an hour getting ready for work and an hour in traffic to/from work. That’s 11 hours every weekday spent doing work related things. With 24 hours in a day and 8 of those hours we’re sleep, that gives us about 5 hours a day to […]
Read MoreI didn’t leave my room for 5 days, here’s what I learned
In a world full of FOMO and quotes like “grind never stops” I turned it all off. FOMO is Fear of Missing Out, if you didn’t know, it’s an actual thing. In the dictionary it’s defined as “anxiety that an exciting or interesting event may currently be happening elsewhere, often aroused by posts seen on […]
Read MoreHow to go out and turn up alone
The days of waiting for others is over! You know you can go out by yourself right? 8 times out of 10 when people want to hang out I’m secretly hoping they decide to cancel plans. But the occasion I want to go out and dance or have a drink, everyone is busy. This was […]
Read MoreThank you for understanding: Grieving the mom I’ll never have
You ever have those nights were you’re thinking about something and you can’t go to sleep because of it? You fall asleep for what seems like a minute, and wake up thinking about the same thing again. That was me, the night I wrote my piece about grieving the mother I’ll never have. (Read it […]
Read MoreGrieving the mother you never had
This will be my first full year without my mom. She’s around, somewhere living her best life. I’m trying to do the same, but I have to do it without her. Mother/daughter relationships can be complex. They go through phases. As a teen, mom knows nothing, as a adult you find out mom was always […]
Read MoreBurning sage turns my bad days into good ones
I go through great lengths to keep a positive attitude every day, but some days I’m stank. Just in a funk. Usually it’s because I’m mentally exhausted or, as an empathy sponge (an empath), I’ve soaked up my limit of other people’s ish. On those bad days I like to be to by myself. Alone […]
Read More22 daily self-love affirmations that can change your mindset
Affirmations are life changing! Or at least, situation changing… They can shift your mind frame from “everything sucks” to “I got this!” so I start my day with them every morning to boost my confidence and make the day a great one. I either listen to self-affirmations through audio or I read the affirmations I’ve […]
Read MoreThe joys and pains of moving to a new city alone
Moving to a new city is stressful, even more so when you do it alone. I’ve heard people say “you can reinvent yourself” or “you get a clean slate” but for me, I want to be the same person wherever I go. To me, having a clean slate means having to start all over again […]
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