Keeping It Real

Keeping It Real

Enter “For Real Fridays” on Facebook. Have you heard of this fun experiment in honesty yet?  Over the past few weeks I have been asking friends to post something real about themselves on Facebook and I’m doing the same. I want us all to see one another’s beautiful, messy and true lives, not just the pretty beach pictures and other images of perfection.

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Put Down the Google!

Put Down the Google!

I often tell my clients to “put down the google,” the spreader of anxiety and dis-ease. And, so I shall do the same. I will return to trusting simplicity and balance. To knowing that what may work for others may not work for me. I will sacrifice the need to “do it right” for the peace that comes with doing it “good enough.” And, I will eat bacon because I love it. Enough said. 

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The Therapy of Pen and Paper

The Therapy of Pen and Paper

Sometimes in seeing the words written down on paper, it becomes more obvious to us which things are worth trading away. And, swapping the things I love most in life for appearing “good” to others (who probably aren’t noticing anyway!) seems like a pretty lousy deal.

So give this pen and paper plan a try, and let me know what you find! Let’s take a small step toward accepting ourselves together.

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