Category: Inspiration
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Curves, Clarity, and Zero Apologies: A Goddess’s Guide to Self-Love
Full disclosure: this is a topic that is very near and dear to my heart. Anything for breaking beauty standards and empowering women, amirite?! Shoutout to all my fellow curvy girls! This one’s for you. 🫶🏻 I’m highly aware that whether you’re on the slimmer side or the voluptuous side, or even the muscular side,…
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Comparison Called, I Declined. Here’s Why You Should Too.
Primary photo credit: Magenta on Unsplash.com “Comparison is the thief of joy,” ol’ Theodore Roosevelt once said. Which comes as no surprise as I first heard this quote from an American. So, it totally tracks lol. Dealing with envy these days is the trickiest rabbit hole in existence. It’s literally at the palm of your…
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The Right Person
I’ve always wondered what it would be like. To be with the right person. Essay upon essay, I diligently wrote down my asks – who I sought and what I sought. Since 2011, I fantasized, dreamed, and hoped. Would it be in the way they speak? The way they carry themselves? The way their eyes…
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To: Each Awakened Soul Starting Their Spiritual Journey
Dear you, There is absolutely no shame in wanting to do this for yourself. For self-love and self-respect, for regaining belief and trust in one’s self. To rebuild the foundation that once rooted you to the ground. But not to your higher purpose. You do not have to be a “giver” to be deemed worthy…
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Time After Time: Reveling in the Dance of Chronos and Kairos
Ah, time. The ever so fascinating concept. Perhaps because it’s straightforward yet elusive. Tangible yet abstract. For some, it may even be considered an illusion. And why not? We’re the only species on Earth that actually quantifies time (as in, count every second, every minute, every hour, etc.) – letting us meet that deadline or…
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How I Found Love in a (Not So) Hopeless Place
Gone were the days where the sun chased me. So, I raced to a place where it could barely leave. The mark, the burn, the pain of it all got me thinking and longing and wishing to fall to fall over a cliff, to fall into the crevices of the moon, to fall within myself,…
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Reframing The Concept of Happiness for a Holistic Way of Life
If you watch enough movies and TV shows, you will encounter at least one character that’s gung ho on their pursuit of happiness (pun intended – I have yet to watch the film though). There may be a scene or two where this character gets asked, “Where do you want to be in five years?”…
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Getting Real About Turning 30
I used to think turning 30 was one of the worst milestones in life. It isn’t that hard to, especially with the media and society’s general obsession with youth. “Live fast, die young, and have a good-looking corpse,” was what the author, Willard Motley, said in his book, Knock on Any Door. There was even…
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The Perfectly Imperfect Playlist: 15 Songs For Owning Your Humanness
If you’re a recovering perfectionist (like me), welcome! This playlist is for you. There comes a point in our lives when we realize that perfection is a myth. And that we’re not meant to be perfect. As human beings, our life is a big ass learning experience. You will make mistakes. You will fumble. You…
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Why We Must Embrace the Cycle of Winging It
Life, as we all know, is cyclical. We’re born into this world without any expectations until we enter the endless cycle of falling down and getting back up again (literally and figuratively). As the Japanese proverb goes, “Fall down seven times, stand up eight.“ Our lives are mostly composed of that cycle, where we’re taught…
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