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When you are feeling a negative emotion - there ar When you are feeling a negative emotion - there are 2 things that you can do about this. ⚘ I'll share part A today, and Part B tomorrow ☺️ ⚘ The first (and short-term but beneficial) thing you can do is to first recognize that you are feeling a negative emotion. Just be aware of it. And then you can ask yourself, "How would I rather feel about this instead?" ⚘ Be honest and when you figure out HOW you'd rather be feeling, you can then support yourself with finding thoughts that build positive momentum to feeling better with each thought and leaning into that vibration instead. ⚘ For example: Say right now you are feeling anxious about something. Recognize the emotion, then ask yourself how you'd rather feel instead - which usually ends up being the opposite: relaxed/not worried/etc., ⚘ THEN: think/adopt thoughts that will SUPPORT that positive feeling based on the truth (double support 😉) ⚘ Such as (and to each their own): "I know that everything is happening for a good reason." Or, "I don't have to worry because I know that everything will be okay because I have made it through every struggle thus far in my life and I will make it through this." ⚘ Think of any thought that is not only true, but that will help you shift your feelings into a more positive direction. ⚘ For me, Spirituality plays a big role in helping me adapt better to what is going on around me and gives me a feeling of safety and comfort to lean back on when I am struggling. I follow what resonates with my soul. ⚘ Find your truth and follow that. You can get through anything and everything, it's all WITHIN YOU already! ⚘ I'll share PART B tomorrow! Comment on what your current negative feelings are and if you need the guidance, I will help you!
Everything is temporary. Including the pain, the d Everything is temporary. Including the pain, the difficult times, the struggles, etc., allow yourself to love yourself even more during those times. Don’t beat yourself up, be gentle with yourself during those times because that is when it’ll matter and help the most. Light can always be found when the darkness ceases. Allow yourself to give that light and love to yourself through it all❤️
Breakups can teach us so much about people as well Breakups can teach us so much about people as well as about ourselves. ▿ When one journey ends, you can feel it. But you're not supposed to be stuck in a hole forever about it, although that is definitely easier said than done during the process. ▿ The beautiful part about anything coming to an end is being able to accept the flow of your life and being able to ride any wave that comes your way; you just have to keep moving. ▿ I had a really long year of breaking up with a human who has taught me more about my life and myself than I could ever describe into words. ▿ It wasn't until the relationship really felt over that I realized what our entire relationship was about; learning how to unconditionally love those around us. ▿ Being able to learn how to love unconditionally isn't easy for everyone, and to me, with my trauma, it certainly wasn't easy to learn or to surrender to. ▿ But I can say that, after all is said and done, breakups teach us A LOT (and they are meant to!) ▿ I'm so grateful that I had an amazing soul teach me all about unconditional love, and it isn't just a gift - IT'S A BLESSING. ▿ I couldn't have asked for a better human to learn that from than John. He taught me something that I needed in my life without realizing it. And I honestly didn't realize the HUGE picture of what I was meant to get out of this until the last few days. ▿ It's easy to hold a grudge or to stay stuck and in our own way. But the truth is, we have to continue moving - always and forever. ▿ And to realize that every person that comes in and out of our life is meant to teach us something important. And if we are willing to have listening ears and hearts, we can gain more from any relationship than any of the negativity combined in all of life; we can learn about who we are as a whole and how to act as such, not for anybody else, but for ourselves. ▿ MORE IN COMMENTS 👇
When the intuition speaks, we must follow our soul When the intuition speaks, we must follow our soul. No matter the difficulty of it, trust that all of this is happening for you to help you elevate into the direction you’re meant to go and to evolve into the human you intended to be. Trust that, no matter how much your past wants to play a part, it has no business in the now (nor the future). Trust that you’re intuition is your soul’s GPS and that it’ll lead you exactly where you are meant to be and you’ll feel that way too 😌 be grateful for the process no matter the meaning you give it. And always gentle with yourself, especially during those tough times of transitioning❤️ . . . Follow @positivitysparkles ✨
I really want to talk about this, mainly because i I really want to talk about this, mainly because it's true AF. ⚘ Personally, I don't believe that people are afraid to heal - who wouldn't want their wound healed? I think that many people just don't know HOW to heal. ⚘ When you have an open cut, you put a bandaid on it and trust that over time it'll heal - and it does. But it's not so easy to do that mentally, emotionally, or Spiritually if you don't have the tools and resources. ⚘ It's difficult to sit through our shit and to heal because it involves going back to whatever happened to you and separating your identity from those experiences. ⚘ But we have to be able to sit, grow, and heal through our stuff or we may naturally adopt those experiences into 'who we are' instead of separating our identity from these conditions. When those conditions play into "who you are" it's very hard to see yourself outside of that if you're stuck on the inside and succumbing to whatever affects it had on you and letting it make your decisions for you. ⚘ The whole point of healing oneself is so you can RISE ABOVE your experiences. So that you can go into life knowing it's all about turning those experiences and instead of treating them like wounds (when you were in survival mode) - you can now be strengthed BECAUSE of them and what you learned from them. ⚘ Life has a way of showing us different lessons through different experiences, some good, some bad, and some in between. And the meaning we give our experiences can either hold us back or propel us forward. ⚘ It's hard - nearly impossible to see yourself outside of your experiences and separating yourself from them. After all - it did happen to you. No, it happened FOR you. You are NOT your wounds, your trauma, nor the effects you suffered from. ⚘ You are you and the experiences are just conditions that we latch on to based on the effect it had on us and the meaning we give it. What was once our survival becomes indebted to who we are - a lot of times even playing into our worthiness. ⚘ MORE CONT'D in COMMENTS ⇩
This was the day I was leaving my orphanage. This This was the day I was leaving my orphanage. This day played a huge role in shaping who I was to become for the next 20 years. I remember very important words that were spoken to me by one of the babushkas, "Now be a good girl and don't do anything to get sent back like the other children." That sentence changed my entire life at that very moment. I realized that if I can control myself and my life, I could control my destiny and make sure I didn't end up at an orphanage again. Adopted kids were always getting returned, including ones that I knew myself - so I had made that statement into my motto (can't say I followed it that well in the beginning though). That sentence affected me for a long time to come, and it did more harm than good. I realized I had picked up the role of being someone else in order to please others and be accepted in fear of being turned away. I had learned how to be someone else without fully embracing myself so I was always included, especially in a family. I also realized that I could control myself and my experiences, instead of surrendering to them and allowing them to play out naturally. Unfortunately, this went on for 20 years. I had learned to control who can love me (and how), who can be in my life (or not), etc., I was so busy controlling on the default that I forgot how to surrender to all the love and amazing humans who were around me. The control had left me aggravated, exhausted, and unable to properly surrender to anything and everything. I wouldn't allow love in because I was so busy controlling my life instead of just simply surrendering and experiencing it all. Now I am learning how to surrender to everything, and it's so fucking hard - because I forgot how to do it and my default mode is to take action. MORE IN COMMENTS BELOW ⬇️
Healing is so underrated, that is - until Mother n Healing is so underrated, that is - until Mother nature forces us to finally do our work 💃🏻 take this time to really get to the bottom of your emotions and to really work on what’s going on inside of your heart and your head ✨ heal because YOU deserve too❤️
As we approach a new week ahead of us, I encourage As we approach a new week ahead of us, I encourage you to really rest today emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. Know that despite the chaos that's going on both in our inner and outer world that we can get through anything and everything (especially together.) Within us and around us we have everything we need to not only get through things but to thrive in wherever we each are in our journeys. Today, limit the news and the outside noise and instead come back in and listen to the voice within. To get quiet and to still the mind we need to create the space and time to slow down and silence our hardwiring and thoughts. Journaling can be really beneficial in helping you get things off of your chest as well as being able to adopt a clearer perspective in what's going on in and around you and how you can best respond to it all. Meditation is also an amazing tool to help you quiet the mind, look within, and invite calming and soulful wisdom to come through. Sit. listen. write it out. Do whatever you need to do to invite in ease. Create the space and intention to take care of and love you.
Meditation was something that initially was very d Meditation was something that initially was very difficult for me. It's hard to slow down or stop your mind when it has been on default mode your whole life. Only in the last 4~ months have I been doing it daily and, and I'm so grateful to be able to have this habit in my lifestyle. Because it's not only a habit - it's a way of living. The number of abundant benefits that come from meditation can not only be felt but cause a ripple effect that will also allow change to occur within you naturally. Meditation has always left me calm, level-headed, and at ease. It's allowed me to make room to work on and heal myself while also being able to respond to my life in ways that feel good and are right for my soul. During this time particularly- we are awaking to our planet and our souls. Mother earth is telling us to S L O W down and to go inward instead of hustling externally 24/7. There's never been a more important and impactful time to sit and ground yourself than right now. It's a time to go inward and to heal, grow, and thrive from our souls! Join me at 9:30 AM this morning for a 10-15 min live meditation where I will walk you through the process for a short practice to begin your day! See you there!
"When this is over, may we never again take for gr "When this is over, may we never again take for granted the simple things in life. Coffee with friends. A Friday night at a concert. A handshake with a stranger. Time spent with your grandparents. Hugging those you love most. Conversations with your neighbors. The morning commute. Going to school every week. Full shelves at the store. A typical Tuesday night. Life itself. These times can be challenging, but may we allow ourselves to slow down and reflect on what matters most. Once the dust settles and the light shines brighter, may we find that we have become the people we have wanted to be, who we always hoped we would be, and may we all be better for each other having gone through the unimaginable. In this crisis, hold on to love, hope, and empathy. That is my wish - that we are left with and experiencing more love and humanity during and after all of this." -Unkown