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You have lived through days that felt endlessly painful. You held yourself together with nothing but quiet hope in your heart. Do not, even for a moment, underestimate the strength that carried… Continue Reading
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Feeling Empowered: 3 Powerful Practices to Get You Off the Sidelines
If you know anything about team sports, most athletes don’t really care for sitting the bench.
In fact, they tend to work super hard at practice, honing their skills because they want to be in the game giving it all they have. They want to be an asset on the team. It’s not that sitting on the sidelines is a bad thing. Everyone sits out at times.
However, most athletes try extra hard on and off the field or court so that they can have plenty of playing time.
Life is like a sport for everyone - but not everyone is really playing in the game.
What about you?
Are you sitting on the sidelines watching others live life passionately with purpose, dreams, and goals?
Are you allowing your past or negative feelings to hold you back or make you miserable?
Have you forfeited your personal power due to certain situations?
If so, I encourage you to put all of those things aside and get in the game…
5 Calming Ways to De-Escalate Relationship Conflicts
When two (or more) people are together, conflict is bound to rise at some point!
We might have a lot in common or get on well and love each other, but we won't always agree on everything.
The existence of conflict doesn't necessarily mean that there is something wrong with the relationship or the people involved. Trying to eliminate conflict entirely is unrealistic and will result in resentment building and, eventually, explosions and outbursts becoming a common occurrence.
Conflicts in relationships are natural and can arise for various reasons.
What is important is understanding why these conflicts exist and how to best manage them and improve our overall relationships.
This article explores some of the common conflicts you might encounter and how to best navigate and de-escalate them…
A Life Shaped by Love
"Love That Protects"
For much of my life, I believed that love meant saying yes.
Yes to showing up, helping, staying a little longer, giving a little more, and stretching a little further than I should.
If someone I loved was struggling, I stepped in. If they were disappointed, I adjusted. If they needed something I wasn’t sure I could give, I tried anyway. I thought that was what love required: constant availability, endless patience, self-sacrifice without hesitation.
But love without protection slowly turns into obligation.
It happens quietly: you start doing things out of duty instead of desire. You take responsibility for emotions that aren’t yours to manage. You begin to feel resentful, even though you care deeply about the person in front of you.
Resentment is usually a sign that a boundary has been crossed, often by us.
Boundaries aren’t punishments or ultimatums.
They are the quiet line that says: this is what I can offer, and this is where I need to stop.
When I started practicing boundaries in my closest relationships, I was afraid it would create distance. I worried that saying no would feel like rejection, that stepping back would look like withdrawal.
But the love became more intentional and far less messy.
When I say yes now, it’s because I mean it. When I offer help, it’s because I have the capacity to give it freely. When I listen, I’m not secretly keeping score of how much I’ve sacrificed. There is less tension beneath the surface.
Boundaries keep love from becoming performance.
They allow you to love someone without rescuing them and to care deeply without fixing every problem.
Sometimes love looks like standing nearby instead of stepping in.
Love doesn’t grow in limitless sacrifice, but in mutual respect.
Boundaries make it sustainable.
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Today's Affirmation
I am free to choose a new thought pattern anytime I want.
I enjoy the ease and simplicity of my manifestation journey.
I believe my desire is possible for me… Continue Reading
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