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The Boundary for Giving
An observation I have made about myself recently is that I am a giver. I instantly jump to help when someone is in a position where they are in need of receiving. Not only am I personally drawn to give to people but I also feel like when I am at my “fullest” people become…
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I’ve been working on myself, now what?
Many of us go through phases in our lives where we put in the work to fix our flaws, come to terms with our insecurities and decide to become better human beings. In my experience, this happens at a point in life where we are alone. We recently become separated from a partner, walked away…
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Who am I
We have all been asked the dreaded question, “So, tell me a little bit about yourself?”. This question usually comes up in a job interview, on a first date, when you’re introducing yourself to new people, you get the gist. The vast majority of us have to ponder about how we are going to answer…
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Head to Toe
I decided to make a mix it up a little to share a little bit more about myself. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my “true self” and what in my life truly has meaning to me and this popped in my head! I thought it would be fun to share the meaning behind…
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To Tinder or Not to Tinder
We have all been there, shortly after a relationship ends we turn to our phones and download that little white flame. Because meeting people “naturally” just doesn’t seem to happen anymore. On the rare chance that it does, we end up finding ourselves in messy situations very quickly. But what is the real reason we…
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Everyone has a Dysfunctional Family, right?
When we were younger and we complained about our family dynamic we were told that “no one’s family was perfect, that every family had their share of baggage”. The older we got the more we realized that while everyone has dysfunction, some families were more screwy than others. Looking around at what others were going…
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Bucket List
May 22, 2018, I was a senior in high school and I wrote my “bucket list”. After writing my list of goals that I hoped to accomplish over the next five years, I folded the paper and sealed it in an envelope. Just for good measure, I threw in my lucky hair tie and a…
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An Empty Tank
When you hear the word depression, automatically you think of someone who is “sad”. For some reason everyone thinks that in order to be depressed you have to be “sad”. What many people don’t talk about is the reality of depression and what it really truly feels like. It’s not about being sad it is…
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Twenty Something
Several years ago I had a therapist tell me that my twenty’s would be the time that I both found myself and lost myself. She explained to me that most people hit rock bottom then become something totally new within this decade. Now, at a bright and shiny twenty-three I am beginning to see the…
Now What? 