THE ART OF SELF JOURNAL

Dear Women, We say we support women, but do we deeply support women? There is so much that pains me as a woman myself. Who I've been, who I continue to be, who I am, all I observe of others, the conversations had, that over the years has brought so much awareness to my world. So many of the conversations I've been having with women lately has stirred this post and there's never going to be an ideal time to write about it. We say we support women, but do we deeply support

So much of life stresses, pain, suffering, stems from how much you allow yourself to tolerate in your world. It's so easy to sit and point finger to many others as to why things are happening the way they are, why you're feeling the way you feel, why life isn't flowing the way you may wish it to. Each day waking, wondering how the day will pan out. These pain points become a top topic in your conversations, trying to make sense of it all, trying to make sense of others, tryin

ARE YOU BEING THE PERSON YOU NEED THEM TO BE? Not really a question you think to ask yourself right, but it's a goodie. Are you being the person you need them to be? We all have our own ways of being, of doing, of showing up. Are you happy with how that all looks & feels to you, for yourself? We often look to others at how they're showing up and if it's not in the way that makes us feel good, then we want them to change to make us feel settled within. However they show up,

It's just the way it is, is just a lie many are telling themselves. It's just the way it is, there's nothing I can do, is a way out of taking responsibility for your own wellbeing, your own life. Ok, yes there are some cases where things are just the way they are (out of our control, loss of loved ones etc) but it's how you choose to show up to it, how you choose to acknowledge & accept it, how you choose to move through it that makes the difference. You can tell by the word

A few key messages for you tonight! - Question all you've ever been told about yourself - Be free to brag about what you're good at or done that's good - Set the scene & start your own traditions. Tonight I started a new tradition. That was to cook a delicious meal after decorating the Christmas tree with the kids. For years I spoke the words 'I hate cooking, I'm not a good cook' For years I was told I wasn't a good cook & I believed it. I come from a line of great cooks i

I've spoken many times about the 'Checklist of Life' You know the list that's unspokenly known to you by societies rules. The checklist that has changed over the decades depending mainly on what woman see & expect of themselves, how their list compares to those around them & then put it onto others to follow suit & question or pass judgement through your mind or out allowed, if by any means theirs is different to yours. Leave school, go to university for a career you need to

You've got to let yourself get amongst life and pull back on sitting around thinking about what you're going to do, how you're going to do & what it's all going to look like when you do...Actually get up and do. Hiding from life solves nothing. You'll hear people say, start being and stop doing, doing, doing... And sure, yes to a point. But how about start being in the doing, there's a difference. The difference is having awareness of yourself, of others & your surroundings

You are being asked to step up! Both women & men. For themselves, for each other, for their children & their families. We were not made to live alone, we were not made to raise children on our own, we are meant to live in community, raising our children in a village, yet so much separation has happened over and over again that it has become the norm to see families separating. Physically walking away from each other because neither are willing to meet their own and anothers

Just as a tree sheds its leaves, we too must allow ourselves to shed of things that no longer play of service to our lives in a beneficial way. It can be the smallest of things that are hardly noticeable, to the more general areas & roles of life...yet shedding is a must and the more frequently you do so, the more energy you preserve. When we look around, we can notice a whole lot of 'Things' that we must get to and do something with, yet we can class them as 'not important'