Tag: authentic self
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Work In Progress
During a session with my therapist yesterday, she said something that struck me to my core. “You are a work in progress.” There was discussion surrounding that, but her statement flipped on the light switch. I could suddenly breathe again. I’ve been holding my breath for decades. It’s a simple statement with an ocean of…
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Sometimes
Sometimes I want to scream into the void until I lose my voice. Scream until I can’t feel a damn thing. Scream until I forget every terrible thing that’s ever happened to me and every terrible thing I’ve ever done. Sometimes I want the ground to open up and swallow me out of existence. Would…
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Walk Your Path
“I think it’s my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may.” –Leonard Nimoy I’ve pretty much always marched to the beat of my own drum, even as a child. Following popular culture, norms, and things like “have to,” and “should,” have been things I’d…
