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Have You Built a Heart-Wall Around Your Heart?
We build a Heart-Wall to protect ourselves. To shield us from experiences we can’t handle and feelings we don’t want to feel. We build them to numb the pain or shock from a situation. From heartbreak, and grief. We don’t EVER want to feel that way again! So, up goes the wall. Built like Fort…
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How are those Resolutions working out for ya?
What if it’s not your fault? Maybe you set some resolutions or intentions this year, maybe you didn’t. Maybe you worked really hard for a day and a half and then forgot, lost interest, stopped, got discouraged, or it was too hard. Maybe you figured what’s the point from the get-go. Maybe you don’t know…
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What if Depression is Ok?
Depression has so many faces and so many stages and factors: hormones, cycles, life stages, grief, loss, seasonal affective disorder (SAD is a real thing. It involves science behind a season with more dark and less light, messing with our circadian rhythm, among other things) From the fleeting mood that lasts a few days to…
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Self Care Means Giving the World the Best of You
We all hear about self care and the importance of it. There may be some of you, that might not know what that really means. Self care isn’t always about getting your hair or nails done, although that can be part of it.It’s not always about indulging in a piece of chocolate or glass of…
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Relationships can be hard
Relationships can be hard… I spent a lot of time convincing myself why the relationship I was in, was what I wanted. Why I should try harder… Why I should stay.Relationships have a way of making you think something is wrong with you. I think women especially, have a tendency to think that way. We…
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Be Prepared to Get What You Want
We can wish for, want and hope for things to come to us or happen to us all day… But unless we are prepared to get it, It could come, smack us in the face and land in our lap, and we still wouldn’t be able to receive it. Whether it’s…
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You Attract What You Need
We all develop patterns in our life. There are certain lessons we need to grow. Whether they are true or not, there are certain things we believe about ourselves. Therefore, we bring to ourselves that which we need to learn and to grow. Do you ever wonder why you keep doing the same things…
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Be You, Anyway
You are only responsible for yourself and your own actions in this world. You can’t expect anyone to do things the way you would. It really doesn’t matter what anyone else does. What matters is that you are true to who you are and how you show up in this world. …
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Self Care
Being a florist, I just came off one of my most grueling holiday weeks… Valentine’s Day. That consists of at least two weeks preparation, long hours and hard work. On your feet all day, lifting heavy boxes and buckets of flowers. Scheduling help and keeping on task. Managing orders and the quality of your product.…
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Instant Gratification
We are in a time where we want what we want and we want it yesterday.Everything is about instant gratification.Nothing is good enough or fast enough.We are impatient.Therefore, we are also stressed. We try to control every outcome. Stress.We try to line things up perfectly. Stress.We need it done now!! Stress. What if we could…
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Love Yourself
We so often look to others for approval or acceptance. We look for someone to tell us we are okay. Always longing for someone to see our worth. What if we didn’t have to go outside of ourselves to get this validation? What if we already knew it? Would you see things differently? Would…
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Set Yourself Free
I have been running away from and towards things at the same velocity my whole life! With one foot on the gas and one on the brake. Running at full speed with a chain around my waist that’s bolted to a slab of concrete. I have wants. I have desires. I have a longing for…
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When You Struggle With Who You Are
Why do we put so much pressure on ourselves to be a certain way, act a certain way, believe a certain way? It took me a long time to know who I am and to be comfortable in my own skin. I know who I am, but I’ve always struggled with being okay with who…
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Being Alone
Being alone is one of those things where you either love it or hate it.