Tag: Self-Compassion
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How Small Wins Lead to Big Transformations
We often think transformation looks like fireworks — bold, visible, immediate. We picture the big breakthroughs: landing the dream job, hitting the fitness goal, or finally feeling “healed.” But real change rarely feels like that. It’s slower, quieter. It looks more like choosing calm when you want to react, showing up when you don’t feel…
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Learning to Enjoy the Journey: Why It’s Okay Not to Have It All Figured Out
Learn why it’s okay not to have it all figured out. Build self-care habits with meditation, dog walks, workouts, and a growth mindset.
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Growing Through Life: Learning to Face Everything, Even the Hard Stuff
Grief cracked me wide open this year. Losing my dad shattered the version of life I thought I knew, and I’ve been learning to live inside that new reality—messy, raw, and unexpectedly tender. What I used to mock—journaling, poetry, meditation—has become what’s saving me. This post is about learning to actually feel life as it…
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Growing Through Grief: Losing a Parent, Loving His Memory, and Choosing My Own Birthday Card
Losing my dad, who struggled with addiction, has been a complicated kind of grief—full of love, pain, and unanswered questions. With my first birthday without him approaching, I’m feeling the absence deeply. Every year, he gave me a heartfelt card, always sweet, always sincere. It was his way of showing up, even when life made…
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Embracing Healing Through Art, Fitness, and Nature
We all have our trauma and lessons we’ve endured as we grow. Everyone’s experiences are different, and what helps them heal is also unique. I believe that if my experiences can help someone process and work through their own, that’s the reason I was put on this earth. I feel this is where I’m supposed…
In Need of Nature 