Cleaning Out Your Subconscious Mind is Challenging

Who knew the subconscious held on to so much? Over the years, I’ve been in and out of therapy. I have been fortunate enough to have had some truly amazing therapists. Each has been unique, bringing a variety of ideas and approaches to help me work with the issues that impact my mental, emotional, and spiritual health. It’s too easy to look to physical health, wellness, and wellbeing. Hell, our society is veritably obsessed with the physical – looks, body

Acting on Releasing My Disbelief

Enough with the self-persecution already! The single most obnoxious skeptic in my life is me. The problem is, even with proof that this is an abundant universe and that I’ve manifested things into my life, I still fight heavy doubt. No, conscious reality creation does not work in a void. The Law of Attraction isn’t just hooky-spooky bullshit; it works – but not in a vacuum. There must be action taken. What it looks like will vary, of course, but

What Does it Mean to Stop Questioning and Just Be?

A new challenge on my path to be here now, more. I love learning. One of the driving forces in my life is my desire to gain more knowledge, to learn new things, to evolve my understanding. Much of what I know is largely useless. Trivia? Oh, do I have a head full of useless trivia. Also quotes from movies and TV shows, song lyrics, and the like. I love when I’m writing, and I come up to a question

Some Feelings You Can’t Put Into Words

You’re not alone in having inexplicable feelings impact you. I have no words to describe what I’m feeling at this moment. I think the issue is that there’s no single what or how to the feelings I’m currently experiencing. The trouble is, because I can’t express this, neither can I release it. A little backstory. Today, there was a gathering of specific individuals in my life that always comes with complexities, challenges, and stress. What’s more, it’s mostly subtle, a

Subtle Changes Produce Big Results

Sometimes it takes very little to do a lot. Change is the one and only constant in the universe. No matter who, what, where, how, or why you are, change will happen. For the most part, change is impartial, neutral, and simply occurs. It takes many forms and happens both insanely fast and ludicrously slow. When it comes to the big picture matters and the collective consciousness, you and I have little to no control over anything. As I frequently

Nontoxic Positivity Embraces Both Bad and Good Happenings

That’s because nothing is only positive. The word “positivity” has become fraught because it’s often applied toxically. The “power of positive thinking” is bandied about like the ultimate cure to what ails you, but it’s often shared incompletely. What that means is this: The idea that staying positive, focusing only on positivity, and denying, disregarding, and/or ignoring bad, negative things is the only way. Put on your rose-colored glasses, make sure the blinders are in place, and tiptoe through the

Paths Are Meant to Change and Evolve

Everything changes and evolves, after all. Life is seldom stagnant for long. Sure, you might get several years where nothing much changes, but small things can, will, and do. Change is inevitable because it’s the one and only constant in the universe. Everything, be it person, place, or thing, changes. The majority of that simply is, and is neither good nor bad. A lot of people find this hard to swallow. Some cling to what they know, the familiar, the

Avoiding Negativity is Both Impossible and Unhealthy

Negativity is part of the human experience. Many messages in today’s world stress the importance of positivity. Many of them are highly toxic because they imply, if not outright state, that positivity is everything and you’re nothing without it. I’ve been writing about nontoxic positivity for over 12 years now. It’s important to recognize how nontoxic positivity, and its recognition of negativity and everything in between, differ from toxic positivity and its blinders. However, I think I sometimes make it

Learning from The Past, Looking to The Future, Living in the Now

We can learn from the past and look to the future by living in the now. For a long time, I envied people who had certain childhood memories that I lack. A home they grew up in that was unchanged for 30 years, large families living within just a few miles of each other that gathered to celebrate milestones, childhood friends they remain in touch with today, and the like. That’s certainly not everyone’s story, and definitely not mine. I

You and Your Life Is the Best Place to Start

Your life is the only place you have any real control. Spend any time on social media, watching the news, or even interacting with people, it looks like the world is going mad. So many crazy, bizarre, distressing things are happening in the world, across the country, and probably among people you know more intimately; it can all feel utterly out of control. For some, getting involved and organizing protests, leading boycotts, driving people to polling places, and the like,

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