Have you ever heard that if someone says something that really upsets you, there might be some truth in what they said? Michael Jackson sang a song called “Man in the Mirror”. The message was: if you want to make the world a better place, change yourself. But what if people actually DO reflect what…
For many years my self esteem was in the toilet. As a child I took criticism to mean that I wasn’t good enough, and I carried that with me into adulthood. Then, as an adult I struggled with alcoholism and my self esteem became crushed by actions I was ashamed of. I felt like I…
Maybe, like many of us humans, you are not completely happy with the way your body looks. You’ve tried affirmations and you’ve tried to work out, and still you’re not pleased. Have you heard of body neutrality? Body Neutrality Whether you’re wishing that your cellulite would go away or are struggling to accept the effects…
Selfishness… I grew up with this word stamped into my brain as something I needed to overcome on a daily basis. Like many in America, with our Christian/ Protestant history, there are beliefs that get passed down. Such as, to be good you need to not be selfish; you must ask for forgiveness from God…
Self-love is spiritual… I believe that if everyone truly knew and loved themselves, there would be no violence or pain in this world. The journey to self-love is spiritual in that when you are connected to who you really are, you see the connection of yourself to everything and everyone else. You see that there…
Anxiety… For as long as I can remember, I viewed this world has hostile and lived in constant anxiety. I was super shy as a child and couldn’t stand being in social situations. I cried in my bedroom as fear and over-thinking took me over in my early teens. As a young adult, I turned…
