Journaling is a great tool we can use in life for a number of different things, especially when it comes to planning, dreaming, reflecting, and so on. Here are a few new things to try when journaling so you can get the absolute most out of it.
Read MoreNot everyone can be friends. That might be a little hard for some people to swallow, especially since nobody actively tries not to fit in and least of all those of us who are in the margin. It hurts, it sucks, and it seems unfair.
Read MoreSelf-care is such a buzzed about word. It’s not hard to find easy ways to take care of yourself, but I want to talk about the labels other people put on self-care. For example, there are some people who think self-care is lazy. I want to go through the three main things that I hear from other people about how self-care is wrong, with an extra side piece that doesn’t necessarily fit into the main problems but is a problem as well.
Read MoreLet me know if this sounds familiar: you see something on TV or watch a video online, and you have an emotional reaction. Or, a joke falls flat and you let that person know that their joke was insensitive. People always tell you that you’re too sensitive.
Read MoreThere are too many of us who believe that we are not enough. It could be from things we were told, what we heard in passing, society’s influence, or just things about us in general. It wouldn’t be right for me to talk about creating boundaries, being authentic, and bettering your life on the inside, if I didn’t talk about how to work on the foundation. Without feeling like you’re enough, or having a sense of self-worth, the rest of it doesn’t make a big difference.
Read MoreWe’ve all been told at one point or another that girls shouldn’t get angry or be irritated. We’re told that the other person wasn’t trying to be mean, or that people came to see us and we should be happy about it. That always made me want to scream when I was younger! I don’t understand why people want to control others’ emotions. Why is it “bad” to feel any other emotions that isn’t happy? I’m tired of the “everything needs to be good, we can’t have anything bad” ideal. We should be able to feel however we feel.
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