So I’ve reached the end of the fifth week in battling my fears. If you want to go back and read the initial challenge, click here. And if you missed last week’s update, click here.
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When I was a little girl, I began to dance. Well, maybe it was just more like swaying, jumping, and twirling around. But I loved how it felt. It wasn’t really in conjunction with any music, but I just loved to move my body in expressive ways. It felt, to me, magical. But I definitely didn’t stay that way forever.
Continue reading “Unlearning Bodily Hate Pt. 1: Picking up shame”Challenging my fears: It’s been a month!
Well hello there! I’m incredulous, but I’ve just finished the fourth week of my fear challenge and I can’t believe it has been one month already! I feel like nothing has changed and yet everything has at the same time. If you’re not familiar with my fear challenge, you can start by reading this post. And if you’re not up to date with last week’s installment, click here. Now let’s get into it!
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Just being alive, we all have some form of relationships. We have friends and families and coworkers and people who know us from the internet. All these things are relationships, and to be honest, all these things can completely stink sometimes.
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So as you may or may not know, I’ve been trying to overcome my fears in general, and this is my update for the third week. If you aren’t up to speed, you can find the first post about this here, or if you just missed last week’s update, you can find it here.
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I write this, coming to you from a place of caring. Not judging. I am not going to tell you how to live your life or what your priorities should be, because no one can determine that for you. All that being said though, there is a plague on our society today and I can’t let another day pass without addressing it.
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Intuitive Eating– yay or nay?
When you’re on a health and healing journey, there are a lot of little decisions that you need to make in terms of lifestyle choices. It can be hard to know what to embrace and what to throw out. I feel like intuitive eating falls into that category of specific topics that seem…healthy…ish. And at that point we can feel quite unsure. Should we try this? Or will it end in a complete dumpster fire?
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I’m one week into my journey of facing my fears as a way of life, and I’m not sure how I’m feeling. This has been a strange week, with a high current of emotions as I began to dismantle my life in many seemingly small ways. I’ve had some victories and some…situations that I will gently refer to as setbacks.
Continue reading “Challenging my fears: One Week In”Do you have to love yourself first?
I think I was 14 years old when I heard it for the first time, “but you have to love yourself first before you can truly love someone else.” It seemed original when it was told to me. Soon I would find out how common this adage is, though.
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