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How to heal fully and properly.
The Cradle of the Mind (Pt. 1)
I am walking through the forsest, at dawn. I had anticipated that I would wake up early. The sunrise behind me, the world in front of me, I am walking as far as I can. I had promised myself that any genocide of will that might come up would just be a justification of a higher power in charge of the design and of the nurture of my soul. But from basking in the abyss, I knew that whatever impulse surfaced was not the same as when it had touched the bottom of it. The sunrise and the waves in front of me. If I were to ever find my true nature, I would have to confront the sea and her unparalleled depths. Whichever between them was the deepest, won. Win? Win what?—you might ask. Well, the ingenuity of never having to take the path of least discord. As I am taking up this journey, I'm not alone; I'm all who came before me and all who will come after me.
By Deeana Saynt6 years ago in Motivation
Repeating the Pattern
Ever think about why we repeat the same patterns in our lives over and over again? Why does the alcoholic continue to drink after three DUI convictions? Why does the person in an unhealthy relationship keep attracting the same type of person over and over? Why does the smoker with lung cancer continue to smoke? Why does the person with a potentially fatal sexually transmitted disease continue to have unprotected sex?
By Vince Shifflett6 years ago in Motivation
Stop Placing the Blame
When something goes wrong in your life, it is incredibly easy to blame other people for any role that they might have played in it. It can be frustrating and upsetting when things go badly or don’t work out the way that you wanted them to. By no means should that ever mean that you need to start pointing fingers and looking for someone to blame for the wrongs in your life.
By Taryn Thomas6 years ago in Motivation
The Sycamore House Chronicles, Pt. 1
It’s the end of November 2017. I am moving into Sycamore House, an 1896 late-Victorian in a small river town in rural Pennsylvania. I am moving alone, from a beautiful farm where I left the ghosts of the previous 15 years. I’ve lost people. My grandma, who raised me and spent the last 11 years of her life with me, has passed on. I am recently divorced after 25 years of marriage. I’ve lost the future I had planned and worked toward. The losses, and the break with the person I was before they happened, have nearly killed me. In fact, they have. This person walking through the door of this old house is a resurrected me, back from the brink of suicidal despair. Sycamore House has endured years of emptiness. It needs renovation. We are on the same journey, the house and I, together. This is our story.
By Liz Zimmers6 years ago in Motivation
I Lost My Colon. Now, I'm a Surfer
My husband recently took a surf lesson. We’ve been surfing together for three years, but he was getting frustrated with not knowing why he wasn’t catching as many waves as he thought he should be. I was in the water as well during his lesson, and overheard his instructor tell him this; “Sometimes you just have to go for it and the wave will either accept you, or it won’t.”
By Cody Maher6 years ago in Motivation
The Day I Discovered Me
I write not as someone who has great academic merits bestowed on her but as a humble, fragile girl, who for most of her life has struggled with self-love. This deficiency has taken me to many dark places. It has caused me to act out of fear and make decisions that are fear-based instead of making ones which were right and that caused me to experience many chaotic moments. This lack of self-love has led me to pursue one-sided love affairs because I felt that I was not able to be loved on my own merit because there really wasn't anything special about me, so I had to buy love and work very hard at trying to make people love me.
By Shelly-ann Shaw6 years ago in Motivation
My Battle With Bumps
At the age of 11, I had my first breakout, and by 13 I was on medication for full blown cystic acne. I tried Proactiv, Curology, day creams, night creams, every face wash you could think of, prescription oral medication, Proactiv again, dieting, prescription topical creams, Curology again, working out and dieting combined, oral medication, and prescription topicals combined, and anything else you could ever think of that would get rid of the bumps on my face. And yet, not one single thing completely took it away.
By Megan Borgholthaus6 years ago in Motivation
How You Can Turn Guilt and Self Hatred into a Superpower, and a Road to Self Forgiveness
Are you feeling guilty for something you have done? It may be a small thing that your mind is blowing out of proportion. It may even be something big and unforgivable. Well firstly, feeling guilty for it already shows you are a good person. The fact that you have self reflection is something to love about yourself already, as there are many people who do not have the ability to obtain it, and cannot become a better person and properly atone because of its absence.
By The Neon Hunter6 years ago in Motivation
The People Pleaser's Guide to Setting Boundaries
For a big chunk of my life, I struggled with healthy boundaries. Mainly because I had no idea what they looked like. I grew up in an abusive house and was quickly dismissed and punished for asking what I wanted or needed.
By Emily Stroia6 years ago in Motivation
How to Forgive Someone You Hate
If you ask a room full of strangers what forgiveness means to them, you will hear a diverse collective of replies. "Letting go and moving on""Not forgiving is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die""Peace of mind""Letting go of the anger"
By Emily Stroia6 years ago in Motivation
