I understand now why the “mom chop” exists. It’s not for ease, like I originally thought. It’s because of postpartum hair loss. I did the opposite of most and grew my hair out after having my son. Or, rather, I was in the middle of growing my hair out when I got pregnant/had my son.
I had no idea what to expect postpartum. I knew people had some shedding, but my hair loss was next level. It wasn’t until I went to my first appointment post baby that the dots connected.
“You just had Covid,” my stylist explained. Which was true, I had covid 5 weeks before I delivered. (Yes, it was scary. Yes, we were okay.) “You’re not just experiencing postpartum hair loss, you have post-covid hair loss, too.
Damn. Double Whammy. Awesome.
But I was not to be deterred. I’d rocked (and loved) a bob for years prior to making my decision to grow out my hair. And I was committed to the change. (Or rather, I was desperate for the change), so I stayed the course. We’re growing it out.
My hair grew. And grew. I had to snake the drain weekly but still, I wasn’t changing my mind.
Fast forward to November 2023. My hair had been long(ish) for about a year. And it didn’t matter what layers I added or how many trims I got, I just couldn’t get my hair to look as full as it once was. So I went to visit my friend who is a stylist.
“I can get you the fullness you’re looking for, but it’ll require more than a trim.”
Alright. Whatever. Do it.
She gave me a gorgeous haircut that did exactly what I asked: she was full. But for me, she was also short. So short.
After growing my hair out for so long, I’ll admit that I was sad. It looked healthy and full, but man. I missed my long hair.
So I made the decision to use it as an opportunity to transform my hair. I wanted long hair, yes. But I also wanted beautifully healthy hair. So thus, I started a journey.
How to grow hair fast
I researched. Like crazy. In the past whenever I wanted to grow out my hair I would just switch my shampoo and conditioner to Mane N Tale. Yes, the horse shampoo. And yes, I did notice a difference when I did that. But I haven’t used that method in about 15 years.
Instead, this go round, I paid attention to the science of things. Disclaimer: I’m not a scientist. And I wasn’t even good at science in school. But I did find some helpful information line.
The long and short of it is: you want to stimulate your scalp and you want to keep your ends healthy (so they don’t break off).
Hair exists in a cycle; and anagen is the hair growth phase. So we want to keep the hair in the anagen stage best we can. That’s where the stimulation comes in. You can stimulate your scalp with massages and certain oils like:
What I did to stimulate hair growth (and to grow my hair out fast).
I decided to overhaul my hair care routine. Not only do I believe this helped with growing my hair faster, but it transformed the health of my hair.
I’m a low maintenance girly through and through (as mentioned in this 5 minute face blog post). But I missed my hair so much that I figured I could do anything short term. Turns out, introducing a true hair care routine doesn’t require as much effort as I expected and it actually makes a difference.
Here’s what I do:
I wash my hair every 2 to 3 days. On the days I don’t wash my hair, I use Batiste dry shampoo — and something new I started was putting this serum on my ends before going to bed.
I oil my hair. On hair wash days (or the night before), I’ll put the Fable & Mane oil in my roots and the jojoba oil throughout my hair. Sometimes I use this massager when the oil is in my hair but honestly, I didn’t always make time for it.
Hair wash routine. I shampoo twice. First with this clarifying shampoo and then with the Function of Beauty shampoo. I rinse with cool water. Then I apply the Function of Beauty conditioner through my mid-shafts and ends. I know this isn’t the right way to use this product, but I then add this hair mask over the conditioner and let both sit for about 3-5 minutes (However long it takes me to wash my face/body/shave/etc). I rinse with cool water.
After shower routine. I apply this leave-in conditioner, this elixir and this heat protectant. I also use a few other products that have nothing to do with hair growth or protecting the ends.
Scalp massage routine. I got the scalp massager for Christmas, and initially I was using it every day for 15 minutes — usually at the end of the day while I was reading in bed or first thing in the morning while having my coffee & scrolling the internets. Sometimes both. I’d say I kept that up for a good month but then just sort of fell out of any sort of regularity with it. I’d say as of now — late April — I use it at least 3 times a week.
Did I try the inversion method? I did. Kind of. I’ve used this method in the past (remember that bob I mentioned? Well there was one time it got cut a leeeeeeettle too short. I did see quick growth). I only used the inversion method once this go round (you can technically use it once a month for a week at a time). I’m sure it works, but I really don’t like the feeling of having all the blood rush to my head and no matter which position I laid in, it kind of hurt my neck and back.
Vitamins. I did also take the centrum women’s health multi-vitamin, but that was more for health benefit than hair growth. I have no idea if it had any impact or not. When I first started growing my hair out, I used the Halo Beauty Hair Skin & Nail booster — and I did feel like I saw a difference with it — but it seems to be off the market now.
Things to keep in mind when you’re growing out your hair
If you’ve recently gotten a haircut that went a leeeeeettle (or a lot!) too short or you’re just ready to grow out a bob, I get it. I do. There’s no regret quite like the omg all my hair is gone feeling.
Stay consistent. I know it feels like time is moving in reverse and your hair is never going to grow. It will. Be sure to stay hydrated and eat a well balanced diet. Those things actually matter more than you might think.
Lastly, and I know this isn’t what you want to hear, be patient. Your hair will grow. In the meantime, commit to taking really good care of it so that when it does grow, it’ll be gorgeous, healthy hair!
I have this mantra that if taken out of context could probably spark some controversy. It’s It’s only wrong because you’re making it wrong. Again, out of context, bad. Very bad. But here’s the context:
I like things just so. My life up until I was an adult felt so radically out of my control that once I realized I had some say in how I experienced my day-to-day, well…let’s just say I like my plans, schedules, itineraries and routines.
It’s not a secret that the last year has been…different. My life doesn’t look anything like the plans I laid out at the start of 2023. I was supposed to be working full-time for an awesome company. I was supposed to have my son home with me but have regular help. I was supposed to be keeping up with my fitness routine and maintaining healthy habits and living the best version of my life in a very sweet season.
Instead, I got laid off. We faced developmental issues with my son making childcare difficult. And I ended up hospitalized for 3 days after a pesky back issue became debilitating.
I’m having a hard time in this season. That’s just the truth. I am. I’m having to figure out things in real time that were never part of the plan. And some days I feel like I’m failing at all of it. I don’t actually know what I’m doing a lot of the time: with parenting, with actually pursuing this whole author thing, even with returning to the online space.
I had gotten to a place in my life just before this season where everything felt so good. We were comfortable. Comfortable. Now I’m anything but 90% of the time.
Something I know but tend to ignore is to be wary of comfort zones. They choke out growth. So I know as uncomfortable as I am right now, I’m also growing. I am very grateful for that.
And so, that mantra I mentioned earlier has been on repeat in the back of my mind for months. It’s only wrong because you’re making it wrong.
I had a plan. I had everything perfectly mapped out, and I was comfortable. But that plan, that vision, would only ever keep me exactly where I was. I would never have stretched to figure out how to keep my son home full-time while working, getting irreplaceable time with him. I would never have returned to writing, releasing another book and writing another. I’ve made this season of my life wrong because it goes against the plans I had. The plans that, when you really look at them, would have kept me stuck.
In reviewing old content, I came across this post I’d written in 2017. I mention in it that while these principles where revealed to me in the midst of a difficult return to my yoga practice, that they could be applied to pretty much anything.
And well, I can tell you, now 7 years later (how the hell is 2017 SEVEN YEARS AGO?) how right I actually was. I haven’t done yoga in years. But these four principles sure offer me the comfort and necessary guidance in the midst of this hard season.
The four principles you need to remember when you’re in a difficult season
Stay focused.
It’s easy to get distracted. It’s even easier for our minds to race, doing what I call “rushing to resolution.” As an anxious person, I want things settled right now. When distracted, we diffuse our productivity, getting no where fast. When we focus in, even on the tiniest change, we make forward progress so much faster. So while your mind might be racing, do your best to stay focused on one thing at a time, making small but powerful progress every step of the way.
Go at your own pace.
We weren’t ever supposed to be this connected. To friends. Family. Acquaintances. Strangers. Any of it. It’s so easy these days to look at what everyone else is doing, and how fast they’re doing it and let that cripple you into inaction. Years and years ago, I would occasionally watch a YouTube Indie Author’s videos. I was initially inspired by her content but very quickly that turned into whoa, Joey. Why aren’t you turning out books at that pace? I let that stop me from working on my WIP as the time. I was clearly doing something wrong.
I did eventually learn, a year or so later, that she was skipping a step in the publishing process that is non-negotiable for me. And I believe it’s that step that allows me to produce the kind of books that average a 4.5 star rating.
What someone else is or isn’t doing has nothing to do with you or your process. Do what feels right to you in a pace that feels sustainable.
Rest when you need to.
A lesson I’ve learned over and over again is that rest isn’t lazy, it’s necessary. And if you don’t make sure you’re giving yourself the necessary rest, your body will force it on you. And often times, that forced rest will sideline you longer than intentional rest ever would have. I’m only just now started to really honor the fact that rest is a integral part of a productive process. Take it from someone who has found themselves fetal in the middle of a true burnout induced breakdown that rest. is. necessary.
Push through the discomfort.
I’m not telling you to push yourself to a place that’s unhealthy. Remember, I’m all about sustainable success over here and that’s just not possible if you push yourself physically and mentally beyond the limits that keep you in a healthy place. But what I am telling you to do is to push through the discomfort that usually either scares you or stops you.
Any time you’re growing and learning, you’re stretching. And stretching is usually uncomfortable. But comfort, I’ve learned, keeps you stuck. And everything you want is just on the other side of that discomfort. You’re more capable than you realize.
This wasn’t ever the plan. No. But it was the dream. And sometimes when I’m being choked out by imposter syndrome I forget how much I wanted this in another life.
Now it’s here.
If you want a chattier version of this content, it’d mean a lot to me if you’d watch this video.
If you’re craving some sort of change but 1. you’re at capacity and just don’t know if you have the energy for it or 2. you don’t know where to start, today’s post is for you.
It’s no secret that I’m obsessed with change and finding ways to improve my life. I especially love finding tiny ways to make that happen. It’s oddly satisfying to implement a small change that brings about enormous impact.
Here are five easy changes that’ll up-level your life.
Up-level your life with these 5 easy changes
Honor the alarm clock (keep the promises you make to yourself)
It seems so simple, I know. It might also seem insignificant; it’s not. Think about it, the very first thing you do, the very first decision you make each day is what you’re going to do when that alarm goes off. It might seem like it doesn’t matter if you slap snooze and roll over for a few extra Zzzs. But what if…
What if your entire day looks different just because you decided to keep the promise you made to yourself.
What if you fight through that initial grogginess and get to enjoy a peaceful moment to have your coffee.
What if you make a better breakfast choice because you’re already on a roll…
The thing is, when you choose to keep the promise you made to yourself very first thing, you set yourself up to keep that momentum going. You set the foundation to treat yourself better throughout the day, to actually show yourself the respect you deserve. And when you do that, suddenly you start expecting that same respect from others (and guess what, they actually start to show it).
Yes. I mean it. All of those things can change just by keeping one small promise to yourself and not hitting snooze.
Imagine what else could change if you kept the other promises you make to yourself.
Set daily intentions
It’s so easy to slip into a monotonous existence. Our lives are so routine that if we aren’t purposeful, the days start to blur together and we stop growing. We stop evolving.
Intentions don’t have to be anything serious. Intentions don’t necessarily have to be tasks to complete or goals to achieve. It can be as simple as “I intend to show kindness in all of my interactions today.”
Intentions just keep you in the driver seat of your experience. We forget that we get to design how our days go, even with things that we can’t control. Hate your job? I get it. Set an intention to notice the things that you like about your job that day. Does it change your situation? No. But it does change how you experience your situation.
Obviously intentions can go big, too. Intentions can help you walk the path to achieving a big goal.
But if intentions freak you out, and you tend to be paralyzed by todo lists and big-picture dreams; start with the smaller stuff.
Trade out “I’m sorry” with a thank you statement
I apologize for simply existing all the time. This became painfully apparent when I was in the hospital earlier this year. I wish there had been a counter keeping track of the number of times I said I was sorry. I was literally there because I couldn’t move — and yet, I apologized over and over again for needing help. In. A. Hospital.
When I got home, the experience made me feel sick. So I decided to do something about it. Whenever I felt the urge to say “I’m sorry,” I looked to see if there was a “thank you” alternative. For instance, at the hospital, instead of saying I was sorry for not being able to stand up and requiring assistance, I could have said “thank you for helping me.”
Running a little late for a meeting? Instead of saying “Sorry I’m late,” replace it with “thank you for your patience.”
Need to make a special accommodation that makes you feel like a burden? Instead of apologizing, say “thank you for accommodating.”
You get the point. I’ve been doing this where possible since January. And it has made such a difference in how I feel in certain situations, but it has also changed how my interactions feel as well. Highly recommend.
Establish a “closing shift” routine
I used to be really on top of my life. And then I became a full-time WFH SAHM to a wild toddler. My mood and how I feel day-to-day is hugely affected by my surroundings. But also, I’m tired.
I got into the habit of just leaving stuff for the next day. I never used to do that because I lived by the idea of doing my future self a favor — but present Joey is exhausted and just can’t.
I locked myself in to a vicious cycle. Fed up, I decided to figure out a way to make it work. I crafted a closing shift routine. Ever work at a restaurant? In order to get cut, you have to complete your closing shift duties — your “side work” if you will. On the nights you were anxious to get out of there right at closing, well, you’d start your closing shift duties as early as you possibly could. You’d get crafty and creative with it.
I started to implement that same strategy at home. Determine what needs to get done each evening to set yourself up for a peaceful morning. Literally make it into a routine — an evening task list — and cross things off as you do them. Write the tasks in permanent marker on a dry erase board and check them off each day as you do them. Whatever works for you.
Take decisions out of the moment (Eliminate decision fatigue)
The best (and probably most common) example of this is to meal plan. By 4:30 on any given day, the last thing I want to do is make another decision. I meal plan and grocery shop on Fridays for the upcoming week so I don’t have to think about meals again until the next Friday.
There are other ways to do this as well. I project manage pretty much every area of my life. I have to for work, it’s the only way I’d stay on top of things with the craziness going on in my house at any given moment. But I found that it’s helpful with cleaning schedules, closet rotations, toy rotations, etc.
I use Asana for this mostly, especially for work. I also use the Reminder’s app on my phone (which I have set as a widget on my phone home screen and my desktop wallpaper).
The trick is to batch make decisions so that in the day-to-day you’re just cruising right along. It makes such a difference not just in your productivity (if that matters to you) but also in how you feel.
Alright, friend! That’s it for me today. Until next time! XOXO
Well hello! Exhausted mama here reporting in at the end of day 1 of potty training. I’m thrilled to say the day went far better than expected (the kiddo is rocking it!) But man, oh man. The hyper vigilance (which was 90% unnecessary by hour 3) will take it out of you. My kid, typical champion sleeper, of course woke up earlier than he ever has today and only took a 45 minute nap.
I am, as they say, le’tired. (Do they say that? I don’t know.)
For context, the tot is pretty much exactly 2.5 years old. He’s a wild child who almost never stops moving. I had my doubts about this process, but like I mentioned earlier — it went far better than expected. I’ll break down how I prepared for this blessed day and what I found to actually work.
How to prepare to potty train a toddler
Wine. Lots of wine. No, wait. Sorry. Wrong notes. I won’t lie. The whole concept of potty training has freaked me out my entire parenting journey thus far. And up until today, it’s always been a future Joey’s problem. Well, future Joey wants to smack past Joey upside the head for stressing out about it so much. Because just like with most things in my life, I can do anything for X amount of time. And so can you. And I can also pretty much guarantee you that YOUR attitude and “vibe” will set the tone (and the success rate) of the experience for your kiddo.
What method to use for potty training | Day 1 experience
I believe potty training is much like skinning a cat (is this something people do often? Because I swear people talk about skinning cats far more than anyone actually skins a cat…but I digress). There’s more than one way to do it. And all roads lead to the same destination — you just have to ask yourself which route you’re most comfortable with. My mom, she’s a scenic route less-cars-on-the-road kind of lady. I, on the other hand, want to take the express way. We both end up in the same place eventually.
I took Jamie’s advice to heart. That being said, that’s really the only advice I consumed. I tend to get overwhelmed easily and fall into analysis paralysis. And when it comes to something like potty training — something that has to be done — I figured it would be best for me to just pick a lane and stick with it. So I opted for the Oh crap! Potty training method.
There are plenty of gimmicks out there — most of which claim to have your child potty trained in 3 days, some even less. What I appreciated about Jamie’s advice is that she doesn’t track the process by days. She tracks it by blocks. And those blocks might align with days. They might not. Every child is different. Where this process tends to go off the rails is when the parent(s) put a little too much pressure on the situation. C’mon little Johnny!! It’s day 2! You should be doing this on your own by now!
Little Johnny isn’t going to perform under that kind of pressure. Could you?
You’re taking your child from: clueless to “I’m peeing” to “I peed” to “I have to pee.” And it takes as long as it takes to from one phase to the next.
Here’s what I did for potty training day 1
That boy was naked. All. day. long. He did occasionally ask to put a shirt on, which I allowed, but it inevitably got soaked either playing at the water table outside or with this sink inside and it would come off. We went through 3 shirts today.
The potty chair was nearby at all times. I explained to him what it was and that big kids put their pee pee and poop in the potty. He’s been following me into the bathroom since the dawn of time, so I referenced that, too, in my explanation. I asked a few times “where does your pee pee go?” and he would point to the potty and say “right there.”
The first urination. The first time he started to pee, he did what he’s been doing since he was born: he just started peeing. I quickly interrupted him and said “Oop! Pee pee goes in the potty!” at which point he quickly stopped his stream of pee and ran over to the potty and finished his business.
I resisted the urge to offer a reward. My kid does well with bribery. I use it for far more than I should, but mama’s gotta keep her sanity around here. I have skittles on hand just in case, but I decided not to pull them out unless things got desperate. It turns out he enjoys feeling proud of himself and that was incentive alone. That, and the fact that he got to pour his pee pee into the big potty and flush it. He thought that was pretty cool.
I set 30 minute reminders on my watch. I have a tendency to hover and overdo it with things. My husband might use the word nag. It was my intention to prompt him to sit on the potty every thirty minutes. In reality, I didn’t really have to do this. After that first pee, he had one little dribble incident where he stopped himself and ran to the potty to empty his bladder. From there, I think he became obsessed. He would run over to the potty every so often on his own. I wasn’t sure if I could trust this or not, so I did still intend to prompt him at the 30 minute mark, but more often than not he’d already do it himself. He did pee during one of my prompts, though, so that was reassuring.
I still used a diaper at nap (and bedtime). I’ll be honest, work and life are just a little too crazy right now for me to give up any more sleep than I already do. (If you don’t know, I wake up and start working crazy early in order to get most of my work done for the day before the kiddo wakes up. It’s a season of life. It won’t last forever. But I’m tired.)
Day one final verdict
I would say he’s graduated to phase two. By the end of the day he was going onto the little potty by himself to pee. Poop, on the other hand, scared the actual sh!t out of him. I expected that (thanks to Jamie’s extremely long and super informative chapter all about poop), so I didn’t let that derail the day.
Tomorrow, we enter block 2: he’ll get his pants back (or shorts, because let’s be honest it’s already 90 degrees in NC), but he’ll be going commando. Here’s hoping day 2 goes as well as day 1!
If you’re embarking on this journey, take a deep breath, mama (and maybe grab an extra bottle of wine or two to have on hand). You can do this. And so can your kiddo!
If you’re clicking on this blog post, I’m going to assume that you feel less-than in some way. Maybe you look at other people and think they have something I don’t. They know something I don’t. I know this because that was me. I lived most of my life feeling like I was a waste of space.
It’s hard to admit that. Really hard. But it’s the truth.
I will tell you this: nothing about me has changed from when I lived with that belief to now except my perspective. I am not more valuable now. I’m not more skilled now. I’m not more anything now than I was then.
I tell you that so you can understand this with clarity: you. are. valuable. You have a purpose. You are unique simply by being who you are. There are qualities within you that others do not have. The person you are is a perfect blended cocktail of amazingness put on this planet on purpose. And by not being yourself, you’re not just hurting yourself, you’re doing a disservice to those in your hemisphere.
Because you matter. Just the way you are.
Don’t believe me? Okay, that’s fair. I wouldn’t have believed me at first either. So let’s take a look at some of the things I did (and you can do) to help you establish the foundation of confidence that’ll get you to a place where you do believe me.
How to be more confident
Do things that build trust within yourself
I had to honor the small commitments I made to myself to help establish and foster self-respect. Self-respect. You might be rolling your eyes right now. But listen to me: you have to respect yourself before you can establish confidence. The two are so closely linked it’s almost impossible to differentiate the two.
To establish self respect, you have to do things that you respect. I know, revolutionary. But it was to me. Making this simple revelation was imperative for me. Duh. I have to do things I respect to respect myself. I wasn’t going to get there by continuing to let myself down.
I have this (somewhat dark and twisted) theory on life: I won’t let myself down anymore. Other people do that with gleefor free.
I know, who knew. The happy girl has a dark side.
But it’s true, friend. There will always be people in this world who will let you down. Don’t be that person to yourself.
Do some self reflection and identify what qualities and core values you respect and then try them on for size.
I built trust within myself by keeping my promises to myself. If I set an alarm for a certain time in the morning, I got up when the alarm went off. If I said I was going to go for a run, I went for a run. If I said I wasn’t going to drink soda for a day, I didn’t drink soda for the day. It wasn’t easy. It’s not easy. It won’t ever be easy. But start small and work your way up. Honor the commitments you make to yourself.
You will respect the hell out of yourself for it.
Let yourself try
Once I knew what I wanted, I had to give myself the chance to try. This was when I really started to come into myself. This is also the first time I realized I was smart. I honestly lived my entire life assuming I was dumb. I loved school but wasn’t a great student — I had a lot of trouble in classes but also, I didn’t have any help. I didn’t grow up in the kind of house where help was available. (Any other latchkey kids here?) I didn’t even know I could get help. I thought you either got it or you didn’t.
And I didn’t. Oh, well that sucks. I pulled the short straw.
That’s ridiculous to me now. I look for help all the time now. Sure, I’m still not great at asking for it, but I look to research for help literally all the time now.
It’s amazing the type of courage you can muster up to try something when you know there are resources to support you. I don’t know much. But Google knows everything.
And I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me and Google who supplies all the answers I don’t know.
All jokes aside, the confidence comes from doing, friend. I wish there were another way, I do. Because I know how scary it is to try. I know how scary it is to attempt something that you will not be good at initially. Please try. And continue to try. You will find yourself in this experience. And dare I say it, you will actually start to like yourself.
There’s a quote I live by. Albert Einstein said it:
Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it’ll live its whole life believing it’s stupid.
You are not stupid. You are not less-than. You just need to find your pond. Keep searching, it’s out there.
Eliminate the noise
Give yourself a break from social media consumption for a hot minute. In 2017, I decided I was going to introduce a Social Media Free day every week. The very first time I did it, I liked it so much I decided to keep it going the next day. And the next. And the next. Before I knew it, I’d unintentionally taken an entire month off from social media. I owned an online business at the time. (I add this in because I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking you could never. I thought the same thing. And guess what: you can. You really, really can. My business survived. Yours will, too).
I learned a lot from accidentally quitting social media for a month. But the biggest value from stepping away and eliminating the noise was the self-discovery. I had a chance to think real thoughts. I was able to determine my own opinions. It’s crazy, I know, but so much of what we think and believe is just a product of the sum of the thousands and thousands thoughts and opinions we consume daily.
Getting to know yourself, really getting to know yourself will help you tremendously to stand on a firm foundation. And a firm foundation, a solid understanding of who you are and what you believe in, will give you so much confidence it’s almost ridiculous that it could be that simple. (It’s simple but not easy.)
Edit & refine your circle.
You are who you spend time with. I used to hate that advice growing up. But sadly, friend. It’s true. If you’re hanging out with negative nellies all the time, well…that negativity will creep in and start to poison the well. If you’re spending time with people who don’t respect you? Well, they’ll provide the confirmation your limiting belief is looking for. If you’re around people who put you down, how will you ever pull yourself out from underneath their foot?
It’s annoying advice, I know. But you really have to take a look at who you’re spending time with — I mean this IRL and online. Pay attention to who you follow online. Maybe you follow someone whose content always makes you feel bad about yourself for one reason or another. Mute them. Unfollow them. Comparison is the thief of joy, sure. But it’s also the squasher of confidence.
When it comes to editing your IRL circle, a hard truth to swallow is that yes: this might look like cutting people out of your life or distancing yourself from certain people. This is not fun. And it’s not easy. And yes, it can be very lonely and isolating at first. But hear me when I tell you this: you are making room for the right people.
The universe abhors a vacuum. Remove and something else will replace it. Give it time. The right people will come into your life. And it’ll feel so. much. better.
There’s so much I could say on the subject. And I did here in this video, if you’re interested for the chattier side of things. But the bottomline, if you get nothing else from this post, is this: you are worth respecting.
I hope that this has offered you some sense of comfort and courage to start the journey to finding your confidence. Because friend, I want that for you. I really, really do.
