Let’s face it, there are days where we don’t feel 100%. There are days where you might feel more like 40%. But if you can commit to giving every day your best, then you’re always showing up for yourself + those around you. If I’m catching up with a mate + I’m only feeling 40%, they’re getting 100% of that 40% that day. Life is full of challenges + demands. We get tired, sore…
I saw this beautiful piece yesterday on a friends page + she was happy for me to share this, thank you Kelly 🫶🏻 ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹 Sometimes people walk away from love because it is so beautiful that it terrifies them. 😳 Sometimes they leave because the connection shines a bright light on their dark places and they are not ready to work them through. 🫥 Sometimes they run away because they are not developmentally prepared…
I was listening to a podcast about domestic abuse yesterday. The woman being interviewed works in the field with survivors + training professionals. She was sharing her experience of her own abusive relationship + the shame she felt being in one while also working in the field, as well as how it changed her work. It brought up so many parallels for me that I wanted to share. I never share this stuff from…
Recently I seem to be having a lot of conversations with strong, warrior women in my life who are going through really difficult times and in huge conflict about showing their vulnerability. Do you consider yourself to be a fearless warrior?💪🏻 Yeah, me too. The problem with that is that we’re often reluctant to admit we need help, and even more reluctant to ask for it 🫠 Back in 2010, I was in a…
I often have conversations with people who speak a lot about what they perceive as their anxiety and depression 🥹 What I’ve noticed is that sometimes we pathologise feelings that are a normal response to an abnormal situation. “You are not a mess. You are a feeling person in a messy world.” ~ Glennon Doyle Melton We throw around terms like anxiety and depression very loosely in this modern world, often when it’s not actually…
I read an amazing post today written by a survivor of an abusive relationship which I really resonated with. She talked about her behaviours in that relationship that other people would have judged her for – drinking to self-medicate, feeling unhappy, not being her best self. She said that some friends didn’t get it as they didn’t see the lie she was living, with others seeing him as Mr Nice Guy and her the Drunken Idiot. …