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The Strength of a Morning Glory
I was taking a walk when I saw some white flowers that seemed to come out of the rocks, concrete and crabgrass. Morning Glorys. I started to wonder about the strength of that plant. Think about the strength that it takes for delicate flowers to break through concrete and gravel. Do you have the strength…
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Take 5 Minutes for Self-Care: Simple Tips
So you think that you do not have time for self-care? Think again. Here are Five 5 minute self-care strategies. I think that we all have five minutes to take care of ourselves, to save our own life. Which of these quick self-care tips will you try?
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Have you ever…?
Have you ever been to a place or space where you did not have to explain yourself? You might want to though you do not have to in order to be accepted. Have you ever been to a continent where you have never been where person after person said “welcome home sister” or “welcome home,…
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My Affirmation for Today
I am strong. I can do difficult things. I can also choose ease. I choose ease.
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SELF-CARE: Are you kidding? I do not have time for that.
Often, when people are asked what they do to care for themselves, they ask “are you kidding?” Then they go on to say that they do not have time for self-care. They say that they are too busy caring for others. Does this response sound familiar to you? Are you the person responding in this…
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Invalidating Your Own or Someone Else’s Trauma: Do not do it
Before we talk about invalidating trauma, let us talk a bit about what trauma is. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) states that trauma is an event or circumstance that results in physical harm, emotional harm and/or life threatening harm that can negatively impact mental, physical, emotional health and social and spiritual…
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What impact does trauma have on us? How did Will Smith’s childhood trauma impact him?
This is an interesting article that illuminates why Will Smith might have responded the way he did when Chris Rock told a joke about his wife. The article reports that this might have been due to the childhood trauma that Will Smith experienced. When I witnessed “the slap” I thought about the trauma that he…
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I am not the same. Are you?
You might think that you know me. If you knew me B.C. (before COVID), you knew a different person. I am not the same person that I was 18 months ago. Guess what? I would bet that you are not the same person that you were 18 months ago. We have all experienced the last…
