There’s a moment (and if you’ve been there, you’ll know exactly what I mean) where you realise you’ve been shrinking yourself just to keep the peace. ✌️ You’ve dimmed your light, silenced your voice, and convinced yourself it’s love. You’ve made yourself smaller so they wouldn’t feel threatened. You’ve swallowed your truth so you didn’t have to deal with another argument. And somewhere along the way, you disappeared. 🫥 Now you’re a shell of yourself. 🐚 You catch yourself…
Ever feel like you’ve read all the self-help books, journalled until you got RSI, and sat through therapy sessions nodding along… but still feel like you’re dealing with the same old shit? 💩 Yeah. You’re not the only one, legend. That’s because there are some sneaky AF emotional patterns that may be keeping you stuck. 😣 They’re subtle, quiet, and disguised as “normal” – but they’ll keep you spinning in circles until you drag them into the light. Here…
My first properly serious relationship was a biggie that affected me for a very long time afterwards. We got together when I was 17; we’d worked together at a gym for a few years by then. I was pretty young and naive and totally in love. 😍 I’d hear my mates bang on about how untrustworthy guys were, and I’d be all “not my man, I totally trust him, he’s a terrible liar so I’d know if he was…
Back in the world of Government jobs, you’d often hear the term being thrown around; “work smarter, not harder”. I always found this funny given we were all slogging our guts out under a massive workload and this seemed to be a way to make us more “productive” – so we could essentially get even more sht done in our day. I found it even funnier when they set up yet another working party to figure out how to…
As a kid, I could be painfully shy at times. 🙈 Not necessarily with my nearest and dearest, but defo to the external world. Up until about 15, I was part of the crowd at school that only gets noticed for their quirks and awkwardness. I remember hanging out in my small social group (which consisted of the kids of my parents’ mates) and one of the guys, who I really fancied, for some unknown reason asked “Carly, do you…
Ever tried following a recipe but forgot the main ingredient? 🧑🍳 Like making banana bread without bananas? Or sangria without wine? (aka fruit salad…why even bother!). Well, that’s exactly what most people are doing with their lives. They’re trying to “be happy” without the key ingredient: self-love. And the result? A hot mess that tastes like burnt toast and regret. 🥵 MY RECEIPE FOR A FULFILLED LIFE Let’s break it down, MasterChef style: Ingredients: 🥰 2 cups of self-love…