Tag: mental-health
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(Not) Making Friends In Your Twenties
There is a quiet kind of loneliness that does not announce itself loudly. It settles in slowly, in the spaces between plans and messages, in the moments when something good happens and you instinctively reach for your phone, then pause, unsure who to text. It shows up on free Saturdays, in late night scrolling, in…
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The Midday Reset: Fueling Your Body on Busy Days
There are so many afternoons where I almost don’t eat. This is not because I don’t care, but because it feels like one more thing I have to do. One more decision. One more demand on already low energy. And that’s exactly why this meal matters so much to me. It’s not about eating “healthy”…
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Navigating Seasons of Uncertainty
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about uncertainty. Not in a theoretical, “growth mindset” kind of way, but in the very real, lived-in way where it touches almost every corner of your life.
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Reflections On the Last Year
When I look back on the past year, what stands out most isn’t a specific achievement or milestone. It’s the quiet way my life began to feel more rooted. Less rushed. Less performative. More honest.
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Finding My Way Back to Fitness
I was on a real mission to lower my stress and find an outlet that wasn’t unhealthy. I wasn’t chasing a body goal or a number on a scale. I just wanted to feel better. Exercise slowly became that outlet.
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The Beauty of Slow Growth
I used to expect success to come fast. But real growth is slower, softer, sometimes invisible. Some days, I feel the ache of wanting what hasn’t arrived yet. Still, I show up, I build, I breathe. Slow growth builds roots, and I’d rather have roots than rush.
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