Category: Self Love
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20 Things I Learned in my 20’s
Perhaps a more fitting name for this post would be, “Things I Started to Learn in my 20’s and Still Need to Remind Myself of on a Regular Basis”. But, that title doesn’t quite roll off the tongue, does it? Let’s be honest. The 30’s aren’t even old these days. I know many 30-something’s (including…
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Why You Don’t Need a Perfect Body
I’m becoming de-sensitized to six packs. Yeah, I said it. I see the abs. They’re there. I see them as an accomplishment and they’re great, but they’re just not what they used to be. Granted, I live in a city that glorifies an ideal body and I’m on the Instagrams flicking through seemingly endless pictures of intensely fit…
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10 Reasons They Didn’t Text Back
Saddle up for a little honesty, kids. It’s time to get real about what’s going on in the streets. Sometimes people don’t text back. Crazy, right? It’s called ghosting and it’s a damn epidemic, ya’ll. I do it and I’ve experienced the other side of it. Quite frankly, I don’t know of a friend that…
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Building Strength Through Sadness
It’s ridiculous to think that you can avoid sadness. In fact, it’s counter-productive. The real question is: “How will you handle it when it arrives?” No amount of beauty, money, confidence, or power will protect you from the occasional visit from Sadness. It will come for us from time to time, reminding us how fragile we are in…
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New Year’s Reflections and Resolutions
The New Year approaches. Can you feel it? The arrival of a new year makes us feel like we’ve got a “fresh start”. You find yourself reflecting on what you did over the last 12 months…and what you didn’t do. I, for one, have had some incredible experiences this year. We’re talking things that I couldn’t have…
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How to Get Unstuck
The first step to getting unstuck is to realize that being stuck doesn’t really exist. Being stuck is a feeling and a mental construct. Usually the main reason that we begin to feel stuck is because we’ve forgotten that we have the ability to make decisions. These can be small, everyday, routine decisions. Or they…
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What Do You Want?
My time is valuable. And, so is yours. I’ve become incredibly conscious of the way I spend my time. Who I’m spending it with. What I’m spending my time on. Why I’m spending my time that way. I’ve developed a talent for saying “no” to things I don’t want or need to do. More importantly,…
Courtney Diamond 