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The Careless Truth About Depression.

The funny thing about depression is that it doesn’t just pick a part of your life and shed light on its flaws. That’s what most people think depression is. If only it were that kind. But no, depression doesn’t make you feel depressed at all. It makes you feel nothing.

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The Grass Is Always Greener…

If you aren’t satisfied with what you have, and are envious of other people, even if you did finally get what they have, it eventually wouldn’t be enough.

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I Used To Be Nice.

To me, kindness is genuine and from the heart, and it pours out. It doesn't hurt (in fact, quite the opposite) and it's absolutely, completely and truly genuine, no question about it... Niceness is society-driven manners and mannerisms, like hiding and disregarding emotions in public because ...

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It’s Time to Slay the Beast of Unworthiness.

The problem is that we tend to look at the people around us and see everything we are not. Focusing on that is what leads to feelings of unworthiness.

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No Need to Compare or Despair.

The ego will always want to compare. It will always feel great in some situations and lacking in others. But your soul knows that you are perfectly whole and complete as you are, right now.

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Daring to Feel.

Thousands of years of patriarchy have taught us that feeling is equated to weakness, but that is not true. Being courageous and daring enough to feel is a strength.

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Shed Your ‘Shoulds’, Embrace Your ‘Too Much’.

Those of us who are too much, we don’t want order; we don’t want standard; we don’t want average. We want brilliance; we want creativity; we want new; we want adventure; we want awe-inspiring, amazing-surreal-wonderful-shocking-original-sexy-authentic. We want to create better lives for ...

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An Open Letter to the Weird Kid.

Don’t stop what you are doing. Don’t start conforming. Continue to be true to you. Be weird and misunderstood. We'll come around, eventually.

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Maidenform: A Little Extra Fabric Between My Heart Chakra and the World.

The dragon isn’t my only memory from Shambhala. There, at the heart of the space, up high on the altar, is a large crystal ball wearing a shower cap. Without it, my friend tells me, the ball would magnify and concentrate the sunlight coming in from the cupola above, inevitably catching the ...

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My First Time.

I will continue to have to hear advice like, “Men don’t like women who wear a lot of makeup,” “Don’t swear, it’s not lady-like,” or “If you value yourself, you won’t give it all away in one night.” I can’t help but wonder what ‘firsts’ the rest of my life will hold.

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