Tag: #life-skills
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Truth
Truth When children are young they are told to tell the truth, to stand up for what is right. Somehow, along the way, some people learn to rationalize their perceptions as truth. They alter the truth, their own or that of others. They create a dialogue that fits a narrative they create. My husband always says…
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Decompress
Lately, a lot of people I talk to have been describing “burnout” or talking about feelings of exhaustion. Some of them are people in their twenties! Our environments are key to our wellbeing. It’s not just the physical environment but other emotional aspects of an environment that define it. Processing the environment through your…
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Trauma
This morning my husband shared a beautiful story about a friend who is working on healing her trauma. She took a trip to a nature preserve with her family. On a walk they came upon a bush full of butterflies. She said that there were hundreds of bright and beautiful butterflies. As they approached, they…
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Resist
It took me a minute to process. I was driving her home. She blurted out, they told me not to be friends with you. They said you are no good. I told them, that’s a lie, you are good. I turned and smiled at her. Sometimes we are around friends and sometimes we are not.…
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Religon Vs. Spirituality
There has been a lot of talk around me about religion. People have been vocal about their thoughts on religon. I don’t usually share my belief’s, but for some reason, many people have been questioning me on my spirituality lately. A lot of people have been asking me “what are you”?When I say spiritual, they…
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Who are you?
Identity is both seen and unseen. Visual aspects, or the seen aspects of our identity, include our clothing, our race, our visible features, age and weight. Our unseen identity reveals more important details about us. It describes us on a deeper, more meaningful level. What are your likes, your dislikes, your personality? Who are you?…
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Know better, do better
I ran into a friend the other day. She wanted to talk about her views on why she feels our society is “unhealthy”. Yes, more people have lost their way, they forgot about connection, community and basic courtesy. So while I agreed with her on a lot of levels, I also feel we have an…
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