Empowerment | Self-Acceptance | Parenting | Growth
Sometimes we think the answer is to try harder. Work harder. Push harder. But what if your effort is not the problem?
If life for you has primarily been uphill, and you find yourself wondering why everything seems to take so much effort, press play. I’d like to tell you a story.
Can I be honest? I still carry a lot of shame and blame… for things that I know aren’t even my fault. And I’m not even talking about deep past stuff. I’m talking about if someone’s in a bad mood, I still feel like it’s my job to fix it—that I failed them in some way.
It’s wild how childhood stuff shows up in adulthood. We can be so hard on ourselves.
But what if we’re actually doing our best?
When I look at my life and what it is, versus what it could be with supports, it’s the most gut-wrenching, soul destroying feeling in the pit of my stomach…. I think the thing that makes it most bile-like is knowing that I could have had a completely different life, if my society was notContinue reading “To Be Honest, I’m P*ssed”
You know so much of what we feel embarrassed about, guilty for, and shame regarding are things we need to revisit with the knowledge we now have as adults. This morning, I sat reviewing the imagery that comes to mind when I think of money and relationships. Not the imagery like when your mind replaysContinue reading “Given What I Know Now, I Owe Myself an Apology”
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