Affirmation: I am worthy of relationships where people apologize, listen, and assume I have positive intentions.

Dr. Nicole LePera Love looks and feels like love, warm, comfortable, emotionally safe, & secure.

Enabling & excusing someone's bad behavior doesn't just brush their issues under the rug; it actively feeds into that individual's struggles, keeping them trapped in a cycle of irresponsibility,…

Everyone has the ability to evolve.

Everyone has the ability to learn new ways to relate.

Everyone has the ability to have uncomfortable conversations.

That's the gift of being human.

So true

Yes

Untreated early trauma leads to:

Addictions
Poor self-care
Low self-worth
People pleasing
Vicious inner critic
Anxiety and Depression

What did I leave out?

Many trauma survivors are drawn to careers that keep them in a hyper vigilant state.

We are drawn to what we know and often thrive well in familiar environments….until we don’t.

Great Thread

Gentle reminder…

If you're looking for the next stage of your human development.

Look at your relationships.

We work out our unconscious patterns through the people around us.

Not being yourself is easy. True self-expression is hard.

In a world where conformity is the norm, authenticity is revolutionary.

Genuineness doesn't spring from fitting in. It comes from allowing yourself to be seen, heard and accepted for who you truly are.

Yes!

Art Post Alert!

With thanks to the communities and followers who prompted it.

Please share something you’ve made, a work-in-progress, or simply something you like! :) :) :)

This is an original acrylic on panel titled “Scratching the Surface”

your small experiment could be the next big thing
or could lead you to the next big thing.

slack started as video games.
youtube started as a dating site.
nintendo started as playing cards.
instagram started as a whiskey app.
shopify started as a snowboard shop.

keyword: start

Patience… This world we live in has taught us things are ready in an instant. I also get caught up on this mindset. Just remember that good things take time. Keep watering the seed. It won’t sprout immediately but in due time. Sign off the internet and take a walk outside.

The circumstances and the world around you will rarely change.

The opportunity, is that you do.

'in order to do something well, we must first be willing to do it badly'
– julia cameron in the artist's way

embracing my awkward firsts has taught me so much.
i've even learned how to enjoy the cringe in the moment
because i know it's leading me to doing better in the future.

Today, as with every day, you can choose your approach to doing the work of living and the tools to use in doing it.
You can go with cynicism & defensiveness (tools of fear) or curiosity & openness (tools of love).
Which will you choose? And why?

Find the humor in a situation or it will find you.

SELF LOVE:

Rest
Massages
Bubble baths
Walk in nature
Tasty & healthy foods
Kinds words
Buy flowers
Create art

ALSO SELF LOVE:

Discipline
Embrace discomfort
Release perfectionism
Forgive
Speak up for yourself
Ask for help
Take risks
Clean your space