Overwhelming Chaos
Lately, I’ve been thinking about life…like really thinking about it. How interesting it is to be human here on earth, how we interact with others, how we feel, how we act, how we talk, how we live. And how we can live so differently from one lifetime to another. I think back on the life I used to live: when I was a child, then growing up into an adult. I remember being an only child as a kid, in a very quiet house (most of the time), wishing for siblings, wishing for that goo
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The Opposite of Addiction is Connection
One of my very wonderful friends said this the other day, which came from one of the many books we have been reading together and man, did this stand out to me. For me and my husband and friends, this we can absolutely relate to. We are sober, in a program, working a program to the best of our ability and trying to do all the things that are recommended for us to have a happy and healthy life. Then I also have a few friends who are not sober (don’t need to be sober), but are
May 303 min read
Confidence, judgement, and God
Hey y’all! If you are new here and didn’t know I had a YouTube channel as well as my blog, check it out! All things real, as real as it gets, just a hot mess express over here. Haha Which then leads me right into the topic of the hour….confidence and how it relates to God. I remember when I was a kid, teenager, and young adult, I was totally full of fear and had no self-confidence whatsoever. I couldn’t make a decision to save my life, I just knew everyone was watching me,
May 264 min read
Real Deal Vulnerability and Shame Resilience
My friend and I have been reading a book (which I have mentioned before) called Daring Greatly by Brene Brown. The latest chapter we are reading is one of really unpacking shame (because it turns out being vulnerable can negate shame) and what that looks like for men and women and how it is different. It’s so interesting because everything that she talks about I can relate to. The way I grew up, we weren’t supposed to talk about our feelings or anything else we had going on a
May 175 min read
Adulting
Remember when we were kids and all we wanted to do was grow up, be adults and be able to do whatever we wanted? And then when I did grow up and became said adult all I wanted was a husband, kids, a family, a couple of dogs, a house to take care of. And now that I have all that and I am definitely, without a doubt a very 37-year-old adult, then I ask myself “what next?”, “is this real life?”, and “I don’t think I actually want to adult anymore”. Anyone else relate or is that j
Apr 294 min read
How authentic are you really?
Authenticity…a subject that has been talked about in several of the books I have been reading and a topic of conversation as of late. We all want to be authentic, the real you and the real me and we want to be around the same people. The real deal, show me all of your flaws, people. When I was younger, I didn’t know who I was. I was always searching for who I should be or who I needed to be for someone else. I would constantly change myself to fit in to whatever group I was h
Apr 175 min read
How tired is too tired?
I remember writing a blog several years ago (before kids) trying to defend myself on being just that tired. How tired was I really? Tired, or so I thought. In today’s world we are tired… with or without kids, this job or that job, because we always have to be going and doing. That is how we prove ourselves. How much we can get done in the little time that we actually have. Now, what I do know now, that I am telling my younger self, is that I was NOT in fact tired then. Not th
Apr 135 min read
