The new year presents an opportunity for many to shift course and change directions. As people draft tailored goals to achieve and new things to attain, others reflect on what they want to leave behind. As Michell Clark shared in his latest Instagram video, in order to make room for what’s to come, you must identify what to release.
You must let go of some things to create space for new things.
Read MoreBetween ages 26-29 you couldn’t tell me a thing about myself. I was full of love, comfortable with who I was, and shooting authenticity to whoever would catch it. But as I neared the end of that decade and A-town stomped into my 30’s, God began exposing the hidden things within me.
As more and more of my flaws and vulnerabilities came flooding to the surface (with God’s full intent to heal me from them), I started to cower in fear. Luckily, learning this one thing helped me face that fear head on.
Read MoreChallenging times can take a serious toll on mental health. Now more than ever we must make mental health a priority. Since many of us have a bit more time, can we use some of it to work on improving mental health or even trying a new self-care technique? Can we potentially make lemonade out of this COVID-19 lemon?
Read More“You focus so much on protecting yourself that you end up hurting people’s feelings in the process.”
It took a while for those words to settle into my spirit. At first I was resistant. “He doesn’t know what he’s talking about," I said sternly to myself as I unpacked the laundry from my car. But the more I recited them in my head, the more I realized how true it was.
Read MoreThis journey hasn’t been as soft as you thought it would, huh?
Instagram makes it look so peaceful, as if this awakening presents itself carefully and graciously. No one tells you how it’ll whip you around. How it’ll toss you back and forth between knowing yourself and having no idea who you’ve become. Between being pleased with your growth and utterly confused at what’s happening to you.
No one tells you the pain that comes from pushing through the soil so victoriously. But truly it’s worth it, and below are a few things I’ve learned about that journey toward victory.
Read More“Don’t ‘all lives matter’ your brand,” she said.
I’ve been feeling uninspired for the past year and a half, so I decided to find solace in other outlets. I decided to sharpen my gift as a writer on other major sites. It was fun getting paid for my gift; fun writing about a slew of topics that didn’t connect to the mission here.
Since I started this blog I used every moment as something to share. People’s lives were changed because of it…but I also didn’t have enough time to dissect my own lessons because I was too busy flipping them into a lesson for others. So Instead of harboring on 2019 and what I endured, I want to focus on the future. Here’s an ode to holding on to the good, letting go of the old, and carrying forward a better, stronger me.
Read MoreAbout a year ago, I wrote about how the constant chase for more is ruining our present moment. Many overachievers tend to bypass the enjoyment of their current moment, in pursuit of what’s next. This is, admittedly, a habit that’s hard to break. With constant reminders of how short life is, and how great everyone on the internet seems to be, it’s no wonder we’re all rushing to reach our destiny.
I do not like woods or wildlife. Animals frighten me, and I’m not particularly fond of bugs. But when my co-worker invited me to check out his workspace, as part of my on-boarding, I was in full support. I was familiar with his location since, in the past, we’ve utilized his beautiful outdoor oasis for events. The last time I’d been there, spring had just started breaking through. The grounds I’m most familiar with resembles camping space—there’s a barn, a firepit, and an ‘in progress’ fire pit. It’s a beautiful space. This particular time visiting, I was interested in him taking me through the garden that I’d never seen and hearing him explain the development of the space itself.
That’s certainly how the meeting started, before it took its turn.
Read MoreI wrapped up a client meeting and went to meet a few friends from college for drinks. These guys were my lifeline during my last two years. I didn’t quite trust many women—most of them wanted to be my friend to gain entry into my sorority—so I resulted to my amazing roommates and these guys. We dubbed ourselves the “frat house”, and I was the first and only lady every admitted to the crew.
Read MoreSince graduating college, I’ve been on a pursuit of arriving at genuine happiness. I wanted to learn how to fill my days with some of its best moments. I didn’t want to relish in the inevitable upsets or disappointments, rather, I wanted to find a way to be happy each and every day. This didn’t come without qualms, though.
Read MoreI thought I learned a lot in my relationship. We came from very different walks of life, so I thought learning how to work together and deal with our differences taught me everything I needed to know about building a budding relationship. I just knew I had been stretched as far as I could have been with everything we went through together. But the years following our relationship transformed me into a woman I never thought to become.
Read MoreI muscled into my hotel room with great disappointment after turning down a lunch date with colleagues. It was a long walk from the convention center to the Westin, so I had plenty of time to think about what I had just done. I needed a listening ear and a loving heart, but as I entered the room to explain my error to my best friend, nothing came out. I was so upset at myself that I couldn’t even express how I felt.
Read MorePeople say time heals all wounds, but they never say how much time. Last month I learned that, for me, time meant a little over two years. It is just now that I’m finally settling into a breakup that I had experienced back in 2016.
The breakup affected my belief in God and the very foundation I set my faith on.
Read MoreI stopped dieting and calorie counting a few years ago. I realized that my attempts to slim down were rooted in self-loathing rather than self-love. I knew that the only way to combat that was to truly love myself — as soon as I did, I learned that my size was perfect for me.
One thing I never shied away from, though, was healthy living. Instead of fad-dieting — like I had done so many times in the past — I was simply eating better, consistently. Not for weight loss, but for health care.
Read MoreThere’s a meme floating around social media that suggests that 3 a.m. is the hour of creatives, writers, musicians, and artists. I’ve watched this movement of late nights early mornings for a while. I’d roll over in the wee hours of the morning and see late nighters (or early risers) up and at it — grinding. I’d grow to admire their work ethic thinking that their loss of sleep was a goal to aspire to.
Read MoreWe’re officially in the last month of the year. It took a while to get here but we made it! Many of us are using this time to set new year’s resolutions and assess the success of this year’s goals. It’s a last-ditch effort to accomplish the things that are still pending and create a new set of goals to begin in January.
Read MoreI’ve never been a stranger to cutting people off. It was how I protected myself from the ills of this world — from people who wanted nothing but to suck me dry. I had never experienced being cut off myself, though, so you can only imagine how painful it was when my best friend decided to do some cutting.
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