If you’re someone who tends to say sorry for minor misunderstandings, or things that are not your fault, and you want to stop saying sorry so much, this post is for you. What if you could break the habit of over apologizing, strengthen your connections
If you consider yourself a high achiever, you probably care a lot about doing a good job… at everything. You like to set standards for yourself, and you try to do things “well” or “right”. It’s an honorable goal, to do things as best as
“HA, You had me fooled.” The David’s Bridal consultant said. She didn’t believe me when I told her I liked the dresses I was trying on, because she was watching my facial expressions. Each time I put one on, I looked in the mirror with
A few weeks ago, I accidentally deleted my entire business website off the internet. All the pages, all 70 something blog posts… All of it was gone and seemed to be unrecoverable. When I tried to look up my own website from the frontend, this
Do you find it difficult to actually relax in your off time? In this post, I’m sharing what I’ve discovered often causes this feeling, and what we can do about it, so we can finally relax. Before figuring out why I couldn’t relax, my life
When you hear people refer to themselves as perfectionists, they are usually suggesting that they care a lot about doing their best. They’re people who care about giving a valiant effort, and producing work that they can feel proud of. When people self-identify as perfectionists,
I’ve seen this quote about resilience being posted and reposted a lot lately: “I dream of never being called resilient again in my life. I’m exhausted by strength. I want support. I want softness. I want ease. I want to be amongst kin. Not patted
If you want to have an amazing life, you also want to make sure the goals you’re setting aren’t just stamps on a success passport. Success and fulfillment are very different things, but they often get conflated. If the only goals we set for ourselves
When I hear 20-somethings joking about “being old”, I wonder, What are we subconsciously implying? And how does this affect the way we view our lives? Perhaps that there are fewer opportunities to have fun? Or that there is less time to do and figure
Earlier this month, I did a 5k race called “The Dream Dash” in memory of my friend, Joe Manfreda, who died unexpectedly when we were juniors in high school. It was the first one I’ve run in a few years due to my own health
Since feeling like we’re not enough is something that most of us have felt often, I’ve got a metaphor to help you lean towards a feeling of enoughness (especially when you’ve fallen into the habit of comparing yourself to others). While the writing in this
In last week’s post “3 Ways to Become The Driver of Your Own Thoughts,” I offered three approaches to intentionally invite our minds to give us better/more helpful thoughts. But as I re-read the post, I realized there is so much more to the third
Community service is one of many loves in my life. But I lost touch with it for a while over the course of the pandemic. Recently, I’ve been exploring ways to bring it back into my life, and I’m ready to reconnect with people who
When I started Self Love Atlas, I did it because I noticed a harshness: a harshness in the way we talk to ourselves and the way we treat our bodies. This harshness exists in our minds, and it appears as a whole lot of “shoulds”
As a fan of health and fitness, I used to really enjoy watching YouTubers talk about different foods and exercises and how to improve health and fitness. And like many young girls, I would click on videos that advertised exercises that would help me physically
When you were a young child, what did the people around you teach you about your own emotions? Were you told that they were useful? Useless? Irrational? Reactive? Valid? Or Unreasonable? The labelling of emotions as “irrational” has led many people to suppress their feelings
In this post, I’m sharing an attitude that will help you maintain confidence in your life choices, even when other people disapprove. Every time you make a conscious choice to live your life the way you want to live it. There’s going to be someone
This post is very different from the other posts on this blog. Instead of being informational, it’s a guided visualization to help with overcoming the intimidation involved with “taking action” in our lives. Because let’s be honest, taking action to achieve something, no matter how big
Having labels or identities that help explain who we are can give us a strong sense of self. But what happens when we lose one of our identities? What happens when something we once called ourselves no longer fits the picture of our lives? In
When life gets hard, where do you turn? Do you turn to friends? Faith? A therapist? A quiet place where you can be alone? Regardless of where you choose to turn, everyone needs something to lean on when times get tough. The things I turn
