We all inherit beliefs about ourselves and the world. Some serve us for a lifetime. Others quietly shape our decisions long after they've stopped being true. Over the last few years, I've been noticing the beliefs I was carrying without realizing it. These are a few I've slowly learned to let go of. I hope reading mine helps you become curious about your own. 1. Relationship between self-worth and intelligence I am a little ashamed to admit that intelligence was a criterion I

Feminine energy (unrelated to the gender you identify with) is associated with beauty, creativity, ease, and flow. If you would like to experience more of those in your life, then read on and uncouple from the idea of feminine being relevant to only women. Often, the biggest changes happen through the simplest of steps. Here are three very simple ways I sprinkle this energy into my day. 1. The Unhurried Woman I am specifying a gender here, but this applies to all humans. I of

Slave to the Intellect I used to be highly rational and logical. I will go so far as to say I took pride in my mind. This was further supported by the culture I come from, which celebrated the brain. Emotions were considered more of a hindrance, a roadblock. I offer some prompts at the end of this post, that I strongly urge you to try. In the process, I naturally chose a career that required me to dress in business formal, learn small talk, and don the image of a scientifical

I’ve known for a long time that some people, such as myself, need to ask questions to understand rules and expectations better. We don’t sit neatly in common boxes and categories. But before starting my Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy, I didn’t have the language or context to explain this. The truth is: our expectations of life are not created in isolation. It’s actually a little unsettling. We rarely have a purely independent thought. Our beliefs, values, and expect

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