Forgiveness: A Reflection on Its Impact

I recently listened to a powerful message regarding forgiveness and it made me reflect on my feelings towards the concept of forgiveness and how I have allowed it to impact my life and dealings with situations when it comes to forgiving others. One thing I know about forgiveness; it’s scary as hell.  No one wants…

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One Word.

I saw this question on Twitter a couple of nights ago, and I loved it because it made me think.  My answer was too long for 140 characters, so I decided to type it out into my Notes tab, then I decided to make a quick blog post about it, so here goes. “Who are…

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Self-Care Sunday Highlight: Unplugging

One thing that I haven’t done in a while that I plan on starting to do. Have you ever unplugged?  By unplugging, I mean turning off your laptop and tablet, logging off all social media, putting your phone on Do Not Disturb or silent (even turning it off for that matter), and just secluding yourself…

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5 Things I’ve Changed to Be Better

I recently listened to a podcast that was discussing change, and how each person has changed for the better throughout their life.  It made me sit back and think of 5 things I’ve worked towards or changed in my life to make myself become a better person. Pleasing People: I stopped trying to please everyone.  I used…

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Failure

I feel like a failure.  I set out to accomplish a goal and I’ve missed out on at least 5-6 weeks of that goal so far.  I’ve been so out of the loop of writing that I haven’t posted an essay since week 11(ish)… I kinda feel like crap about it.  I haven’t lost steam,…

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Chill Out; We Still Care About That, Too. 

I saw a post that really bothered me the other day; and truth be told, it bothers me on a frequent level (about as frequent as I see it). Everyone who’s not living under a rock or in denial knows that the world is in shambles, and between living in the era of #Cheeto45, racial…

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Self-Care Sunday Highlight: People

Aligning yourself with the right people can be some of the best therapy you can attain. Some may look at people and think “nah. When I’m about self-care it’s just about me”. I feel you, and I agree; most of my self-care is selfish me time and I don’t want to be bothered with the…

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