I’ve had beef with the concept of self-love for a while. There are many remixes of what self-love means, and I’d love to share my spin on it (DJ reference… LilCDawg). I’ve come across different self-love workshops for adults and youth, and oftentimes the framing is to “love all parts of ourselves”. And while I resonate with some of that, I’m not sure that’s entirely realistic. Just as it’s natural for us to not like things about others, there are going to be things we don’t l

For the past few weeks, I’ve been marinating about burnout. Something pivotal happened at ETE recently and I think it lit a fire under my ass. Being overwhelmed became so normal that I genuinely forgot how to be anything but overwhelmed. I don’t think we realize how overwhelmed we are until we take an intentional breath.Like… a real one. Because life is loud! Our days are full! We wake up thinking about our TA-DA lists. Your mind barely gets a second to breathe. You go throug

"Of all the things we said you remember the words DOG YEARS?" Recently I had two good friends who tried to explain to me about quality over quantity in relationships. They tried three times, and the first two times, they mentioned "dog years" as an analogy and my brain could not un-hear it It's that I focus too hard, just not the thing I'm supposed to focus. It's like when you're trying to take a photo and you try to focus on the centre of the thingie you're trying to take

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