Tag: Emotions
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Santa didn’t stop being real – we stopped believing in magic.
The truth about Santa isn’t an end to wonder; it’s where the real magic begins. Growing up, Christmas in our household was always a magical time. My family is half Swedish and Portuguese so we celebrated on the 24th (we called it our Swedish Christmas) and the 25th of December. And let me tell you,… Read more
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Healing is feeling, but when did we stop?
And how do we learn to feel again? Healing. It’s a word that’s grown big in my life. One that’s become part of my vocabulary and shaped my existence. Over the past year and a half, I set on a deeply personal path of healing. What’s unfolded since has been nothing short of unimaginable (for me… Read more
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To Be or Not To Be Angry.
How do we get out of a emotional feedback loop? Anger was an emotion I always feared to let out, afraid that there was some uncontrollable monster waiting to be released to cause chaos and pain to others. So instead I caused pain to myself by bottling it all up. I got really angry recently,… Read more
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Embracing the Shame Wizard
My Journey Away from Toxic Positivity. The sitcom Big Mouth created by the talented Nick Kroll, Andrew Goldberg, Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett changed my life. It helped me visualize my emotions as their own entities, with their own agendas, purposes if you will. Through the acknowledgment of each of my own emotions having their… Read more