Day 29: Shine a Light on Your Shame
On and off the last few days I’ve sat down to write my daily public journal entry. I’ve started, and then about half way through I stop. In part,…
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Day 28: My Addictions
Constant Business and Emotional Eating It’s amazing how much we accomplish WITHOUT giving ourselves credit for it. Getting out of bed in the morning is an accomplishment. Putting clothes…
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Why Positive Self Talk Matters And How to Use It
I strongly believe your life is only as good as your relationship with yourself. A big part of that relationship involves how you talk to yourself. So why does…
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Day 18: Your Life Is Worth It
Trigger warning: discussion of suicide 988 is the national suicide prevention hotline When you look at her LinkedIn profile, Dr. Jing Mai was a woman committed to serving people, especially…
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Day 13: Writing A New Story About My Body
I feel a bit like my body is falling apart. My back started hurting before I left Sioux Falls a week ago, and the more I sat in the…
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Day 11: Healing And My Hypothesis About Shame
I can tell my brain is healing because my creativity, curiosity, and silliness are coming back. Yesterday I had a few profound thoughts and throughout the day would burst…
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Day Six: Let’s Talk About Suicidal Ideation
Trigger warning: discussion of suicide and suicidal ideation I woke up this morning and saw in the headlines that Neena Pacholke, a 27-year-old news anchor in Wisconsin, had died…
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Day Five: Perfectionism is a Gold-Coated Turd
Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops, Weakened by my soulful cries? Does my haughtiness offend you? Don’t you…
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How One Meditation Is Helping Me Overcome My Childhood Fears to Embrace My Authentic Self
“Promise me you’ll always remember: you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.” -Chrisopher Robin How many of us as adults still…
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Growing Up Fat and Insecure: Hating My Body to Glimpsing Radical Self-Love
I was in third grade when I became acutely aware of two things: I was fat and being fat was apparently a bad thing. One morning I was sitting…
