I hope today brings you healing
I usually start Mondays feeling extraordinarily hopeful and excited, writing about getting motivated and finding what you love with each one of my posts. However, today’s post is not about that. It’s been a while since I’ve talked about my struggles and things that may not go as well as I want them to. I’ve…
Positive thoughts bring change
For someone that has always called herself a “realist” in order to not admit I was a pessimist, I struggled for a long time to have a positive mindset. I didn’t see the point in hoping for good things when they hadn’t worked out in the past. I always preferred to expect the worst and…
It’s okay to…
Over the last few months, I have learned some precious lessons that I guess if I hadn’t quit teaching, maybe I wouldn’t have learned at all. I was always focused on looking okay and smiling even if I didn’t feel like it. It’s something they drill into you on the job. It doesn’t matter if…
It’s the little things
When you’re going through a tough time there are some things that make you genuinely feel better. They may not solve a problem or offer a lifetime of comfort but for just a little bit of time, they make you feel better. Once a crisis has been averted and things are beginning to settle down…
You don’t have to heal according to other people’s expectations
Healing is a different process for everybody. Some people process events faster and others take a lot longer to come to terms with a new reality and both of these things are okay. I dislike hearing people say “but you have to move on already”, or “that was a long time ago, you’ve got to…
Remember you once dreamed of being where you are now
It sometimes comes as second nature to keep on visualizing the future we want and forgetting about where we are now. The temptation of putting an emphasis on what we want to happen robs us of the moments that are happening in the present. I have fallen victim to this habit in the past because…
It’s time!
There comes a time when you must decide to put your energy towards yourself, investing in your well-being and your future. I like to think there is no better time to start than today. If you’ve spent a lot of time caught up in meeting everybody else’s needs, catering to everyone else’s agenda or even…