I was invited to speak live in a Facebook group, where I covered Building Self Esteem, Confidence and Honoring Intuition through sharing the most transitional 7 years of my life. I discussed how to make difficult changes, accepting transformation and how to utilize and practice self care and I broke it down into three phases… Phase 1: Building Self Esteem Phase 2: Building Confidence Phase 3: Honoring Intuition A lot of what I shared in this event are things I’ve shared in the past through various articles, so below, I’m going include 1) references to the full story whenever possible and 2) any resources that viewers may find helpful. I…
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What is self care, and why is it important?
What is self care and why is it important? The topic of self care comes up everywhere these days—and…you might have noticed the self care checklist included on my site 😉 But, I have to admit that while the concept seems simple enough, I’m still exploring and learning about self care and what it mean for me in my life. The idea of caring for oneself might sound indulgent or “fluffy”, but I assure you that based on my own practice and doing a lot of research, its actually crucial for your health. Not only that, but its also very simple. Practicing care can be achieved with just a few…
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Cratejoy Unboxing // Hopebox Subscription Box
Cratejoy is the first ever Subscription Box marketplace—meaning a website that offers many, many subscription ox options. Its also a resource for people who create their own subscription boxes. So, I was really looking forward to this Cratejoy unboxing! Click here to check it out! This week I reviewed my first box ever from Cratejoy called the “Hopebox”. I was looking for boxes that dealt with self care or self improvement ad this one seemed to fit the bill. Watch the video below to get the full scoop! So here are some of my thoughts about the box. Cratejoy Unboxing – Packaging I have to say that the…
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Fruit, Religion and Cult Mentality | An Unusual Personal Story
By: Alison Reeves As many of you know, last year I ate almost completely raw for a full month, and then 2 raw meals a day for the next 2 months after that. All in all, for about 18 months, I ate two or more raw meals a day on weekdays. I was vegan for a bit, and the rest of the time I was pescatarian (I ate no animal products except occasional fish). Why And How I Became Involved in Raw Food Let me provide some more background as to why I did this. For a few months before meeting Chris, I worked with a personal trainer and did the…
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Sustainable Self-Esteem and A Few “Quick Fixes”
By Courtney Howell While researching ways to increase confidence and self-esteem I ran across a few different articles that at first really blew me away. They suggested ways to increase self-esteem that seemed really ultimately counterproductive if done individually for people who really need an overhaul in this area. I’ll give some background here before jumping into everything. Being raised in a dysfunctional family heavily affected by alcoholism, I didn’t have much of a shot to initially develop self-esteem. Quite the opposite really- I tried to survive and face many negative statements constantly being thrown at me. Consequently I developed a very low sense of self-esteem and once I reached…
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Lessons From Fantasies and How to Grieve Them
Written By: Anonymous When I was a little girl, I spent a lot of time in my head. I was a master at creating elaborate fantasies, especially for my Barbie doll. I had a very vivid imagination. It’s easy to blame Disney or Hollywood, but what it came down to is I was looking for an escape from my current reality. I was a scared little girl. I grew up in a home where no one really knew how to communicate with one another, effectively, healthily, or appropriately. We knew how to yell. We knew how to criticize. We knew how to bend the truth (aka lie). We practiced for…
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The Essence of Winter
By: Vanessa Cassani Everywhere I look, I can see the beauty of winter. The Autumn leaves have changed into a bouquet of colors and soon the once stuffed trees will lay empty and dormant until the first signs of Spring start to appear. Even if mother nature doesn’t deliver snow, the beauty of Winter still shines through. I love this time of year for it brings so many things to appreciate like cuddling with my children and warm winter fires. The days have become shorter and the nights are filled with refreshing, cool, crisp air. But, there is much more to Winter than just family gatherings and holiday celebrations. Many…
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How I Learned That I’m Kind of a Big Deal
Unconditional love corresponds to one of the deepest longings, not only of the child, but of every human being. –Erich Fromm I would rarely, if ever, say this outloud: “I am not worthy of real love. I do not deserve the best for me. I am going to settle for this person, or for this thing in life because I can’t get what I really want.” I would be embarrassed to say those things outloud, but it is what some of my actions reflect. I don’t know where this idea came from, the idea that I don’t deserve good things, but I DO know that part of my own low…
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A New Friend in Me: Finding Comfort in Being Alone
For most people, watching a beta fish swim around in its tank is peaceful and relaxing. Apparently, this fish prefers to be alone in its own tank. For me, watching that scene is like torture. It seriously stresses me out. Mostly because it exemplifies one of my greatest fears in life. I’ve experienced a variety of fears in my life from clowns to spiders to, at one point, death. However, one of the most threatening fears with which I have struggled is that of being alone. That one word carried such a negative connotation for me for so many years of my life. And, when I say “alone,” I’m not…
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How to Love Your Body
By: Chantal Partridge I had a history of trying all sorts of diets, hoping to find the one that would save me. That same pattern was found in my relationships with men. The funny thing is: No matter which way I turned, I ended up at the same place in the end: with God. Turns out, I did need to be saved. I needed to be rescued from danger. Ironically, it was I who was responsible for the harm caused unto me and in the end, I would need to be saved from myself. I remember a friend telling me her relationship with food was the last wall that stood…
