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Reflections on Growth: A Year of Joy and Struggle
This year didn’t hand me a clean slate or an easy narrative. Instead, it offered me something more complex: the chance to learn new pieces of myself. I’ve spent much of this year focused…
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Simple Steps to Personal Growth: A Fresh Start for the New Year
With January rapidly approaching and the year coming to an end, there’s been a lot of self-reflection going on. Usually, this time of year brings with it an overwhelming sense of pressure—to meet not…
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Understanding the Impact of Family on Mental Wellbeing
My family has had a major impact on my mental health and how I view the world. I truly believe it shaped me into the person I am today—for better or worse. I’m…
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Lessons on Patience and Emotional Growth
One of the clearest lessons this season has brought me is the value of a dollar. I’ve known for a while now how precious it is to have even a few bucks, but this…
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Finding Confidence in Public Speaking
I believe that most of us have performed on stage or given a speech at some point in our lives. For me, I’ve done both. Was it by choice? Sometimes—most of the time,…
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Admiring Patience and Kindness in Others
Something that sparks my admiration is watching people choose kindness over anger or frustration. Sometimes it honestly boggles my mind how people can be so generous and sympathetic in situations that I feel…
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Recognizing and Healing from the Freeze Response
Have you ever been in a situation where you know what you want to say—the words are right there—but your mouth doesn’t move? Or someone asks you a question, and suddenly your mind…
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Affirmations for Self-Kindness During Tough Times
Some days, our thoughts feel heavier than others. We tend to doubt ourselves, question our pace, and wonder if we’re doing enough. On those days, the hard ones, the quiet ones, the ones where we’re…
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Beyond the Cage: Finding Freedom in Our Lives
The only time I’ve ever encountered wild animals is at the zoo. I grew up going on field trips and family day trips there quite often. Animals have always held a special place in my…
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Embrace Your Strengths: 5 Things I’m Good At
Why is it so effortless to list the things we struggle with… yet so uncomfortable to name the things we’re actually good at? For so long, I didn’t think I was good at…
