Living life as it comes
I had an epiphany recently. I was sitting down in my living room when it hit me, that my life was my own, to do whatever I want with. To many of you, this may seem like an obvious thing. And to me it is too, except it hit me weird. Let me explain.
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Today, we’re wrapping up our letter-writing extravaganza, or at least for the foreseeable future. I hope that I’ve given you a helpful concept to play around with, and that you write your own letters. Letters that I’ve suggested, but also letters of your own, that are undeniably valuable and that I would have never had the details to suggest to you. If you’re not familiar with this concept and this is your first time here, you can go back and read the initial concept of this series here. Or you can go to any one of these posts for a suggestion of a letter to write to help you work through your thoughts and emotions, as well as leave this world a brighter place. (1 2 3 4 5 6 7)
Continue reading “Write a letter (to yourself)”Hi everyone! We’ve got a pretty serious concept in our letter-writing today, which is a letter to someone who has hurt you. If you want to read about the basis for letter writing first, you can click here. And to look at the last letter we wrote, go here. But now, let’s dig in.
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There’s a page in my diary that has just one sentence on it. It says, “Triggers are different than boundaries, but both are relevant.” I wrote it when I was feeling wistful, trying to communicate with myself a concept that was fuzzy to me, in language I didn’t right then understand. I do that often, when I write to myself. Make vague statements and metaphors that feel so right, and then later I come back to them to see if they have any weight. This one did. And we’re going to talk about it today.
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It’s a buzz word today in wellness and mental health circles: inner child work. So we’re going to talk about it. What it is, how to do it, and what it can do. So buckle in everyone, and let’s get started.
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“Stay strong, my warrior” Katrina typed to her girlfriend who was on the other side of the city, in her bathroom, crying. It had been a hard day, and she found herself thinking the dark thoughts again. Katrina worried, she knew that sometimes, she wasn’t so safe, so stable. She knew that sometimes she thought about hurting herself. If only she could be there, to give her loved one a hug and wipe her tears away and tell her that everything would be alright. But maybe it would not be alright.
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Today, we’re talking about hypocrites! I’ve covered hypocrites before in my post “God bless the hypocrites” which you can find here. We talked about how to handle criticism constructively, so that we can use it to our advantage. But after all that, you may still be wondering “how do I not end up a hypocrite?” And that’s what we’re diving into today, so put on your swimming goggles and let’s go.
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I can’t stand people who are condescending to the mentally ill. They say things like “can’t you just get over it?” and “you’re overreacting, chill out.” These are people who either lack empathy or have no idea what it’s like to have your mind betray you at every turn. And something these people often imply is that you can just choose to be okay when you’re not. So today let’s look at that. Is it true?
Continue reading “Can you choose your feelings?: My Two Cents”
Hi everyone! A while back, I posted about the inner work necessary in order to improve your emotional health. (If you’re interested about my journey with inner work, you can find that post here.) In that piece, I mentioned that I would be writing about specific mental work in the future. Well, wait no longer because that day is today! And today, we’re talking about the validity of our thoughts.
Continue reading “Believing your thoughts: my two cents”
