Fear

Do you feel shackled by fear? We’ve all been there.  Everything is going fine and suddenly it’s not so we snap into our fear response, but there is no “normal” way to respond to fear. It is a powerful emotion that we naturally just react to in our own way and based on our ownContinueContinue reading “Fear”

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But I just don’t want to…

Let’s talk about motivation. Motivation is like a muscle. It can be made stronger and it can disappear depending on how you work at it. The image of my daughter’s doll face down just screams “I don’t feel like it, I give up” This is one of my daughter’s toys and it just spoke toContinueContinue reading “But I just don’t want to…”

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Empowered and Struggling Blog

Hands carved from downed trees, reaching for each other (Heidelberg, Germany) They are beautiful but the image made me sad thinking how they are just out of each other’s reach, always longing but never able to actually hold each other. Sadness is normal! Welcome to the hot mess that is life. I hope to helpContinueContinue reading “Empowered and Struggling Blog”

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Struggling is not failing

Meme using The Office whiteboard #StrugglingNotFailing The definitions of “empowered” and “struggling” are important to understand as we move forward. Being empowered is something we build up to, it is not something that is inherent in all people and it is not easy to attain. It is also fluid and changing, we can feel empoweredContinueContinue reading “Struggling is not failing”