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'How Do You Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Body?'
Love your softest, most painful self every single day with reckless abandon.
Dec 19
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‘I Just Need a Mother!’
Instead of feeling ashamed of your loneliness and longing, you need to learn to give yourself exactly what you need.
Dec 16
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'My Hurt Feelings *Panic* Me!'
It's your punishing, neurotic thoughts, not your feelings, that send you into fight or flight mode. Daring to greet your feelings with enthusiasm will…
Dec 9
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Does Everything Hurt Your Feelings?
Maybe it's finally time to embrace the source of your strength.
Dec 6
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'I Made a Huge Mistake and Now He's Gone for Good!'
This humbling has so much to offer you.
Dec 1
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'My Boyfriend Is So Chaotic!'
Stop taking a poll of what your friends think and trust your gut instead.
Nov 24
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'All I Want is Love and It's Making Me Crazy!'
Abandon your mind's reductive, narrow, repeating stories about love and live inside the ever-changing realm of your body instead.
Nov 17
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Can You Stop?
If you can’t be interrupted, you’re missing out.
Nov 10
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