Year: 2021
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How To Survive The Holidays: Grief Edition
A lot of people have experienced many different types of grief in the past two years. We tend to see grief as only the loss of a loved one but it extends much further than that. Our grief can be a job loss, a separation from the community (by distance, covid, fear, availability, etc.), a…
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How To Survive The Holidays: Family Edition
1. Change the subject When your family brings up a subject like your relationship status, politics, etc. Say ‘I would prefer not to discuss this topic but I would love to learn more about what you’ve been doing this year.’ This statement establishes boundaries and moves quickly into a safer conversation 2. Give yourself permission…
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Should VS Want. How The Words We Choose Matter
The word should is such a binding word. When we use these words they are commanding and when we don’t do our should’s we feel like a failure. It’s such a harsh way of speaking to ourselves. I challenge you to replace the words ‘should’ with ‘want’ in every scenario. Can you see how…
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How To Put Yourself First: A Not So Easy 3-Step Guide To Happiness.
I talk a lot about putting your needs first but how exactly do you do it? How do you get over the bone-chilling feeling of selfishness? Maybe your feel rude or mean when putting yourself first. Let me be the first to tell you it’s not going to be easy. It’s going to be uncomfortable…
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Untamed by Glennon Doyle: a Book Review
This is a book about trusting yourself, your gut, or in Glennon’s words your knowing. While written from the perspective of a female and how she presents herself to the world, I think this can translate to everyone. She talks about how she is put into a cage (the book uses a metaphor of a…
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5 Things To Keep In Mind When Engaging With Social Media
In this week’s news, you may have noticed a Whistleblower from Facebook named Frances Haugen. She has come out and said that Facebook pushes content that elicits anger. This content is like conspiracy theories, hate speech, politically divisive statements, and so much more. The clip goes on to say how Facebook pushes content to young girls…
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How To Talk About Suicide
September is Suicide Prevention Month and it’s the perfect time to become educated on suicide. *Trigger warning this blog discusses suicide. First, let’s debunk some myths. Let’s talk about how to talk about suicide. Suicide is 100% preventable. *This article is not an exhaustive list of myths and steps to take when helping someone with suicidal…
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Self-Care is a Daily Practice
Self-care should be done daily. It’s not something you wait until you’re out of gas to do. Let’s face it, when we’re at the end of our rope we can’t do much of anything or care about anything, much less take care of ourselves. You need to be doing little things that give you a…
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Self-Care Isn’t Always Fun
When we think of self-care we think of fun activities like massages, hanging out with friends, and brunch. While these are forms of self-care it isn’t always what you need. Self-care isn’t always fun. In fact, true self-care actually is quite challenging. Self-care means taking care of yourself by taking care of your needs, physically…
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If You Can’t Breathe There, You Shouldn’t Be There
This week I was given this saying: ‘If you can’t breathe there, you shouldn’t be there.’ My first thought was damn if that ain’t the truth. If you are in a situation where you feel like you can’t breathe it’s time to take a step back and figure out what’s going on. There are ways…