Author: Sarah Bowser

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?