We do the work to heal to find ourselves and to move forward with our lives. The healthier we are, the more we see the treasure we are in ourselves. We are also able to see, experience and embrace the good people and experiences that come into our lives. It's not about healing, it's about living your life!

Here's the rest of the photos. First time I've seen this in real life.

Too many of us went through too much hurt in our lives only to finally discover this was not real love. It may have been normal or survival though. Learning to love ourselves also helps us build healthy boundaries that allows real love in and keeps everything else out. Do the work, you are worth it!

No matter how anyone else sees us, we can always choose how we see ourselves. The view we have of ourselves is the most essential one. It affects everything in our lives. When we really learn to see how wonderful we actually are, many other people will see it too. Our beautiful life starts with seeing the beauty in ourselves first!

It's so easy to not take the time to work through and clean out our minds. It's one of the most essential things we can do though. We don't want to carry any of the thoughts and emotions that are not useful with us. It weighs us down and holds us back in our lives. Do the work and release them.

We've all done or not done things we regret. Beating ourselves up for it only keeps us stuck in the shame and judgement. Learning to allow yourself to release the shame and judgement allows us to learn the lessons. Then it allows us to release these experiences and move forward with our lives.

Thank you so much! I truly appreciate that. Definitely worked hard to really be good at what I do. Really appreciate the support and kind words.

Toxic people lie about almost everything. Especially when the relationship ends. They may tell you one thing, but then lie to everyone else to make you look bad and them good. Then they use the victim card to get their next supply and everything else they can. Focus on yourself and your life and let them go.

We all have different beliefs and we all know that, until all the emotions get charged up about our thing. Then human decency and kindness goes out the window. I think it destroys far more than anything else in our lives. What's worse is much of it is over a simple misunderstanding or subtle nuances in our beliefs. Then pride, shame and judgement takes over. We don't actually have to participate in it though. It's a choice we can make either way. Choosing kindness and compassion also keeps peace in your life.

Emotions usually come in waves and it seems overwhelming when we are first learning how to process them, rather than avoid them. The waves can be more or less intense depending on if we are actually allowing emotions to surface completely. Learning to allow the waves and process our emotions is life altering in the best way possible!

It seems like toxic people change sometimes for the better. They are changing, but only to hide their abuse and manipulation or to lure us back in. Not because they actually care. It's another reason it's so important to focus on ourselves and our own healing. Other people show themselves through actions over time. Use this time to work on you!

Toxic people will use threats and manipulation to keep control over us and keep us stuck with them. They also do everything they can to not only destroy relationships and isolate us, but also use that as a threat. They will do most of this no matter what we do. Choose yourself and good relationships!

We can only be pushed so far for so long before we blow up or break down. This is normal and it's human. It's probably not how we want to react and that's ok too. We can only do what we can in each moment with the awareness and tools we have in that moment. Kindness and compassion for ourselves allows us to learn and grow and build better tools and capacity. Getting support and healing helps all of this and allows us to move forward with our lives.

Healing and recovery is not even really the point. We don't want to heal so we can feel a little better. We heal so we can accept and embrace ourselves and the beautiful life we are building. To soak up all the good life has to offer. To let go of all the things we were carrying, many of which were not ours to carry. We heal so we can see and embrace all the wonderful things about ourselves we didn't know or had shame about. We heal to learn to live, not simply exist!

We all have this inner strength, but we often don't recognize it especially in the moment. We also don't really realize how much strength we had until long after the situation and until our nervous system calms again. For many of us this can take years to recognize. The strength is still there in you, even when and if you don't recognize it.

The resistance to our emotions is what causes so much of the pain and discomfort in our lives. I also realize the emotions are not always pleasant either, but the resistance to them makes it much worse. Learning to work through and release the resistance allows us to work through the emotions. Then we can actually move forward with our days and our lives.