healing journey
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Beginning Again: What Burnout and Loss Taught Me About Starting Over
I thought I was past this. I wish healing was something you completed once. But I learned the hard way, it’s never truly over. Healing is not a finish line you cross and never have to revisit again; it is an ongoing, lifelong process that you return to in different seasons of your life, sometimes…
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Sustainable Weight Loss: How I Lost 20+ lbs. & Kept My Sanity
If there’s one thing our culture has never stopped obsessing over, it’s weight loss. From the early 2000s era of low-rise jeans, Special K diets, and reality shows like The Biggest Loser that glorified shrinking bodies at any cost… all the way to today’s conversations about GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Mounjaro, and Wegovy—it feels like…
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Post-Accomplishment Depression: You Got What You Wanted—So Why Aren’t You Happy?
So you finally did it, you achieved your goal! Congratulations! Whatever it was, you made it. You should be over the moon, right? So why do you still feel… empty?Why are you lying awake at night wondering why it doesn’t feel the way you thought it would? You’re not broken. You’re not ungrateful. You’re just…
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Emotional Sobriety: How Recovery Goes Deeper Than Abstinence
When you think of addiction recovery, you probably think of abstaining from substances—drugs, alcohol, maybe even things like food, gambling, or shopping. But here’s the truth that no one tells you: The real battle doesn’t end with the substance. It’s not just about staying clean. It’s about what comes after, when you’ve cleaned up the…
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What Actually Helped My Anxiety
Learn how to help anxiety with a holistic approach from personal experience. Discover the power of medication, trauma work, yoga, and healthy habits in managing racing thoughts and creating a calmer, more balanced mind. Explore personal insights on the journey to mental well-being and the importance of a supportive environment in this comprehensive guide to…
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I had a miscarriage… & it wasn’t what I expected
There are billions of women all throughout time who have experienced the pain of miscarriage. Often alone, in silence, and in shame. We don’t talk about it. We don’t share our stories. We don’t want to. I don’t want to, but I will. For our grief, and for anyone who this helps to feel less…
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Grief and Trauma: On Grieving A Parent Who Hurt You
parental grief and trauma: missing someone who hurt you This is a heavy subject, but it’s one I feel needs to be talked about. If you’ve read my father’s story, you’ll know that I lost my dad to alcoholism when I was only nine years old. That in itself was extremely hard, painful, and traumatizing,…
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What is Shadow Work, and How Do I Do It?
Within each of us, under the surface that we show to others, is a dark side, or a shadow self just beneath our skin. It sounds like a supervillain origin story when I put it that way, but I’m really just talking about the psychological concept of shadow work. What is Shadow Work? Within the…
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What is Codependency? Healing the Need to Rescue
In the quest for independence and healthier relationships, codependency has been both a survival method and a my own downfall. Join me on a journey to explore the profound lessons it taught me and the liberation that comes with letting go and healing. When you hear the term, “codependency,” what comes to mind? Do you…
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When Nostalgia Meets Trauma: Healing Through Inner Child Work
While we should have been playing, we were instead focused on survival. We contemplate who we might have become if we had the chance to simply play, if life had been uncomplicated, and if we hadn’t carried the weight of the world on our shoulders.