Mother. Wife. Supervisor. Employee. Provider. There are so many times when women who fall into these categories are defined by these words. We are characterized, classified and described with these words and at times, our identity and worth is sometimes only valued based on these things. For five years, I have had the pleausre of…
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A Lesson Learned
What do you take from the experiences life brings you? Do you take them as what they are and move on, or do you search for the lesson in those experiences? Life is full of countless lessons; some come from good experiences and some come from bad. I’d like to believe that a lot of…
Striving to be Better for Those Who Look up to Me
Q: Do I see myself as successful? I don’t really define success by the way others view my accomplishments; but more-so how I feel about what I have accomplished. At the beginning of this year, I made a list of things I wanted to accomplish. I made promises to myself about the type of woman…
Self-Care Sunday: Being Selfish
Now I know some may not agree, but I feel that sometimes I feel amazing when I can be a little selfish! 🙂 When is the last time you did something completely selfish? When was the last time you went out shopping with the intention of buying something for you (no matter how small the…
8-5 Whit Vs. After 5 Whit: A Lesson in My Duality
As you can see in the picture, my attempt is to show that I have two different sides of myself. I believe a lot of us in this world live in this same reality. First, we have the professional side. This is the side that puts on a bright smiling face, shows up to work…
Park Nostalgia..
The park and I met up yesterday. I remembered how fun it could be for adults. I promised I’d come back and visit more often this summer.
Me Time
For the first time in possibly ever (with the exception of the 5 days I took out of the country, I took an entire week and a half off from my job and my adulting responsibilities (insert shock and *gasp*). I didn’t have any life-threatening reason why I did it (unless you count my slowly…
Back Burner Blues
Have you ever noticed how hard you work for the ones you love; so hard that sometimes you don’t put that same energy into yourself? This is a disease I like to call “putting yourself on the back burner.” I remember seeing my mom do it several times with my sister and I growing up;…
5 Energy Shifting Techniques
If you have followed me, then you know that I have been making concerted efforts to balance my self-care and making it the top priority. I was listening to a podcasts, and the topic of energy shifting was discussed. I gave myself a little homework/reflective thinking assignment to think of 5 things that I use…
Count your Blessings and Find the Balance.
Do you tend to forget to stop and smell the roses? Or do you get so bogged down with the unhappy parts of life that you forget to counter-attack that negativity with things you love. I find myself forgetting to do this often, and I am not afraid to admit it. I am human, and…
Write, Live and Love 