Do you laminate everything? Imagine. You complete a project, save a piece of your child’s art or school work, save an award. Then you pull

I’ve always been the good kid, the good worker. The one who follows the rules, doesn’t question the status quo.

I was also the one who had no idea who she truly was inside…

How do we start the mindset work to dig out of the massive hole we buried ourselves in long ago?

Learning how to reframe your thoughts in a way that is helpful instead of hurtful is one way to start the process. That’s not to say…

Rebellion is a word that can carry with it a lot of terrifying imagery, a ton of unsettling and uncomfortable ideas.

Even just the ideas and images we always get in the movies of young kids, young teenagers, “rebelling” against their…

Shifting friendships is a reality for weird, nerdy women like us, once we start to do the work to uncover who we truly are, to accept ourselves for who we are.

This truly came to light for me at the height of the pandemic…

Food and exercise. Diets and workout regimes.

These ideas, these rules, these expectations from society ruled my life for years.

When I was growing up, I was always…

Uncovering your true self leads to an incredible amount of change. And that change will have ripple effects throughout the rest of your life.

At the beginning, as you start to go deeper below the surface, as the fences start to come down, the people around you…

Dark and dusty laboratories. An eerie feeling to the air, while also feeling slightly off and slightly silly. Evoking images of Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein, the epitome of the fictional mad scientist.

How many of us think of something like this when the idea of experimentation comes to our minds?

We believe that…

Unexpected health diagnoses, out-of-the-blue financial crises, or family drama can compound our feelings of not belonging, throwing us further into a spiral of self-doubt and loneliness.

My feelings of not belonging all of sudden…

Physical expression of ourselves and of our emotions is a normal part of life. We use our bodies to express ourselves all of the time.

But we don’t always do so in a healthy way.

Our bodies will…

When I established and defined my own personal, core values, I was both surprised and not surprised.

As I brainstormed and worked my way through the process of figuring out how I process life and events, deep down, I knew that…

Just when we think that adulthood couldn’t be any more difficult for trying to be accepted, to belong somewhere, we throw motherhood into the mix.

We love our kiddos. They are our world.

But there’s that little voice…

How often do you express your emotions in healthy, productive ways?

I mean, in truly healthy ways – ways that are healthy and helpful for ourselves, first and foremost – not just in service of and helpful for the people around us.

When we’ve been…

Social awkwardness is something that can plague us for the majority of our lives, and can, to our perception, at least, affect our ability to be granted belonging. And it can mean something…

Values are a funny thing.

We can think that we know what we stand for, what we believe in, what we value. But when we come to that proverbial fork in the road, that moment where we’re put in a situation by a friend or family member that…

If you’re like me, you were most likely the odd one out from the very beginning.

For as long as I can remember, there was always this little nagging in the back of my head, this…

Loneliness and rejection are two feelings that most of us try to avoid in life.

On their own, they’re enough to give you that constant punched in the gut feeling, that confused mental state of…

We’ve spent our lives thus far in a state of socially awkward anxiety.

Our mindset is firmly in the realm of never belonging. We’re so used to being in this head space, that we struggle to…

How many of us have reached our adult years, looked around at everything we have going on, and wished we had an “adultier adult” to help us handle things?

And that sometimes includes wishing…

The journey of trying to belong is more of an epic saga, one that we’ve been on for our entire lives.

It’s a long, sometimes exhausting trek along…

How often do we curse technology and its temperamental ways?

From not being able to figure out this or that new app or software, getting frustrated with the seemingly constant glitches, and just trying…

Do you ever feel as though you’re desk, dining table – hell, your whole house – is one big dumping ground for every important piece of paper and every important notebook you’ve ever had?

Does everything in your mind feel like…

Coming to terms with the loss of a friendship or relationship is not an easy path in life.

We often end up questioning so much about ourselves as we grieve the ending, wondering…

Organization is a hit or miss thing for me.

In some aspects of my life, I’m super organized. In other aspects, I’m all over the place, and I by no means have any ducks in a row.

But where I do excel…

Feeling like a social outcast was a huge part of my life growing up.

I don’t say this in a “woe is me, pity me” kind of way. I say it as a way of acknowledging what…

Over this last week, I’ve had a lot of moments where it felt as though I’d been hit by a truck (in a good way) or where I had incredible moments of clarity.

The last few months have been…

Who else has regularly put their own needs and to-lists on the back burner because we seem to be incapable of saying no to other people?

It’s not just me, right?

Navigating my marriage while I was also navigating my newly diagnosed chronic illness was a, let’s say, interesting experience.

I’m lucky in that my marriage is…

Has anyone else felt like the last few weeks have just been – a lot?

Like, a-freaking-lot.

Between rebounding and adjusting course after…

So, I missed a really big goal this week.

For three and half months, I was taking focused action steps towards my fitness goal, which included a certain amount of weight loss.

At the beginning of April…

That lightheaded, room spinning feeling, combined with stomach turning nausea hitting all at once is when I know that my anxiety is hitting me hard.

Sometimes it won’t…

Have you ever needed that moment of escape? To leave your reality of mental and physical issues and enter a new world where none of that matters?

As someone who doesn’t consider herself “religious”, spirituality still plays a big role in my life.

And spirituality can, sometimes, have an outsize affect on our mental health – either good or bad…

We all know that exercise is good for us.

But when we’re struggling with both our physical and mental health, getting in the exercise we need isn’t always easy…

A lot of times, when people teach about mindfulness, it’s this abstract thing – just clear your mind, pay attention, be calm.

It’s oftentimes people telling us to be…

For so long, I was giving away my power.

I’d do whatever needed to be done to make things easier for everyone else. I hated making decisions. I would never…

Struggling, feeling empty, dragging through the day. At a loss for how to move forward in life.

There was quite a chunk of time where I didn’t know how…

I’ve dealt with anxiety for a very long time at this point. Well before I had kiddos and was dealing with autoimmune conditions, anxiety has been a constant shadow…

…how can we incorporate more mindfulness into our daily lives and appreciate everything that each day brings to us…

while one holiday and one religion seem to dominate year after year, it’s important to understand that it’s ok to not buy into a specific belief, even if you do celebrate that dominate holiday…

One of my greatest weaknesses is being a people-pleaser.

I have a long history of giving away my power to others, putting everyone else’s comfort and needs before my own, putting my goals and action steps at the bottom of the list…

Faith is never an easy topic to broach, or a simple journey to take.

It’s always a topic where I’ve been outside the box, never really understanding the point of all this religion “nonsense”…

Downtime is something that has seemed elusive for quite a while now.

Sure, there are times when we’re just…

There have been many times that I’ve let fear rule my life.

I’ve shrunk back, not allowed myself to be fully present…

Self-sabotage is my greatest weakness, my worst blocker. As I start to get closer and closer to my goals, I…

While I’ve always tried to practice and emulate this same practice of gratitude, it didn’t really hit home for me until the events of this last year unfolded for my family…

I’ve often struggled to figure out how I felt about faith and religion, and reading this quote was like being hit over the head with the perfect synopsis of my feelings…

…it’s reignited in me a far-off dream that’s always nagged at the back of my mind – thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail…

Run your own race. You’re only competing against yourself.

These are things we hear people say constantly. Don’t compare yourself to others, avoid the comparison trap…

Everyone always talks about mom guilt. But you’re never fully prepared for the deep, visceral way it takes hold of you…