Are You Stressed Out? Start Shifting Your Sympathetic Dominant State.
We get super sophisticated about staying in a sympathetic dominant state, and take on reactive behavior that society celebrates, so we get validated.
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I Want You to See Me as Attractive.
My ego tells me how embarrassing it is to be witnessed in this place of uncertainty: "If anyone sees you here, there is no way you can be attractive."
She Will Always Be the Girl Who Feels She Is Not Good Enough.
Somehow I’ve never felt like I was good enough. Good enough to be loved. Pretty enough. Not too fat. Just enough as I was, with no condition to it.
Lessons Learned from an Ancient Spirit in a Modern World.
The lines and crevices in my hands speak of stories. I cannot remember how they began. I have no idea where they will end. I only know that I am them and they are me.
It is these stories which I know I must honor. These truths which I must bear witness to.
F*ck… I Really Lived That!
The need for validation is pervasive. And it’s not gendered. Male, female, neither, both -- we are all raised with the idea that we must shape ourselves to appeal most fervently to a life we haven’t yet attained. It’s as if living alone weren’t enough, we must force life to be something more, ...
Calling Out The Queen: I Await Your Awakening.
I tell you now: gone are the days when you live for acceptance from some woman who calls herself a Queen, as she cuts others down and locks herself up in a tower... You are as much of a Queen as any other. Own your birthright, so this world can too. Only then will this earth have a chance at ...
Put Yourself First, Don’t Look For Society’s Validation.
I hear young women speak very eloquently and passionately about moving the needle forward (getting back to being a proud feminist too), like Emma Watson’s recent, impactful UN speech. HeForShe is great… but… author and activist Gloria Steinem would be the first one to tell you that things ...
10 Things I’ve Learned As I Attempt To Catch Up With My Soul.
This explains why, in the past, I’ve played the parental figure in most of my relationships, or why I enjoy shooting the shit with the elderly patrons that frequent my neighborhood café.