Comfortability

Silhouette of a girl standing in front of an orange-red sunset, with her arms in the air. She seems to be at peace and in a state of comfort.

Since I was young, I have had the tendency to make up words. They have always made sense to me, although maybe not to those around me listening. Recently, I used the word “comfortability,” thinking it was one of my fanciful made-up words. I had to chuckle when I discovered it was a real word…

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A Good Bad Day

A Good Bad Day. Image of a woman covering her face by holding her hand up against a glass window covered in rain drops in front of her.

Some of the things I do for self-care:  Exercise Meditate Spend time in nature Try to connect with friends Love on my pet kitty, Pookie Complete the Five-Minute Journal daily Ingest wonderful supplements The list goes on and on…. Yet, despite all these wonderful practices, I found myself in an old, familiar place this past…

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Why Is It So Hard to Ask for Help?

Why Is It So Hard to Ask for Help? Close up image of a person offering support by holding another person's hand as they sit in chairs across from each other.

This past spring, a dear friend invited me to visit her in Sanibel Island, Florida. Such a lovely gift of kindness at a point when so much was going on in my personal life. I struggled with accepting her offer at first. All kinds of thoughts popped into my head. Things like “My visit would…

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A Self-Sufficient Journey

A Self-Sufficient Journey. Image of the top-view of a spiral stair case.

As the first born of five children, I learned early to be self-sufficient. I believe that parents desire this of their children at some point in their lives. It demonstrates that they have done their job well as parents. Self-sufficiency has many incredible, positive attributes. It enables us to build businesses that provide products or…

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Fear and Faith

Fear and Faith. Image of a blue fist representing water fist bumping with an orange fist representing fire.

“We cannot escape ourselves.” Recently, while reading, these words jumped off the page and hit me square on my head and in my heart. For several days, I had been experiencing an internal struggle causing me to feel trapped in my own body. My internal dialogue was so intense, activating those familiar parts of myself…

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