Define what being 'good' means to you. Remove this from the hands of any other opinion, perception, or expectation that doesn't come from within you.
Author: The Clever Confidante
Always, your trusted friend
The Space Left Behind
Life changes. Sometimes you rail against these changes, denying them and fighting them. Trying to bargain and trade to get back whatever it is you’ve lost. I have found myself in this space. Begging for second chances, swearing I’ll change myself to fit a mold and ideal of someone else. Just so they’ll want me.… Continue reading The Space Left Behind
Flow with Integrity
Peace comes when my mind, body, heart, and willpower are all in alignment - whole and undivided. Only when this happens will I act from a place of sovereign discernment, clarity, and connection to my innermost self. This is what it means for me to flow with integrity.
Radical Acceptance
What struck me today was the importance of radical acceptance, of the ability of accurately seeing whatever lurks before and within me, and accepting it for what it is. Not dressing it up in niceties or false hope; but holding it in my arms, feeling it in my body, moving through it, and letting it go.
The Climb
Life is full of ups and downs and all the moments in between. We know this, friend. We've reveled in its peaks, suffered in it's lows, and rested in its valleys. Life is a perpetual climb, one in which we're always striving for a destination that we will never reach. We're meant to continually be… Continue reading The Climb
Emotional Exposure
https://www.instagram.com/tv/COIXqPPH5Lj/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet Emotional exposure is terrifying. I can't be the only one that does everything in my power to attempt to control it? To refine, diminish, and play small in order to avoid potential pain In order to regulate vulnerability? Something wonderful comes into my life and I shrug my shoulders at it in mock 'mehness',… Continue reading Emotional Exposure
I Used to Leap
Photo by Sammy Chaffin on Unsplash There used to be a time when we called for someone to catch us with no fear or trepidation. A time when we were filled with wild abandon. We trusted completely in the fact that the one we called to would catch us. We had no doubts. Filled with… Continue reading I Used to Leap
To Be Found
I don't want to lose myself, I want to be found.
The Lesson
True meaningful connection, I believe - friend - can only happen when people are able to show up as authentic versions of themselves, ready to let go of any sort of need of other to fulfill or satisfy any inner shortcoming or longing.
The Shoulds and Coulds
Large chunks of our lives are devoted to what we think we should do, who we think we should be. All the shoulds and coulds can be so very loud and prominent as we learn to navigate self identity.
