Major cheat code in life: Understanding you can reinvent yourself at any time. New habits, new standards, new friend group, new career, etc. There's no rule that says you have to stay the person you've always been. You're allowed to decide––"I'm done being this version of me."
My biggest fear is knowing there must be a book meant to be my absolute favourite, every other sentence worth highlighting and my thoughts meant for its margins, and it could define obsession for me, but life is short and I might never even come across it.
Why is it so hard for people, especially some wellness influencers, to admit this simple truth….
You can do everything right. You can eat the kale, take the supplements, walk 10k steps a day, lift the weights, meditate, sleep 8 hours, avoid sugar, avoid seed oils, avoid whatever gives you joy in the name of wellness, anddddd you can still get sick.
That doesn’t mean lifestyle doesn’t matter. It does. Immensely.
But it also doesn’t mean you’re to blame when things go wrong. Health is not a merit badge. And illness is not a personal failure.
You’re allowed to try your best and still need help. That’s not weakness. That’s being human and acknowledging our realities.
There’s no shame in being on the Struggle Bus. But the only way to get off is to get behind the wheel and learn how to drive it yourself. It’s time to stop being a passenger and set your own course in life. It doesn’t matter if you don’t exactly know where you want to go just yet
Driving the Struggle Bus is about learning how to steer, how far to step on the gas and when to break. It’s about learning to enjoy the sights along the way and being okay with wrong turns. 🚌
We don’t have to be fully healed to fully love. We can continue to heal IN relationship. SO many of our wounds are relational, so we heal through the work of co-creating safety, and learning to repair rupture without shutting down and jetting. Staying through the pain, working through it, and truly seeing one another, IS the ultimate love language. XO, Dr. Jen
Breaking up with a friends is painful, but when someone shows you who they really are, believe them. You can love them and still walk away. You don’t have to keep tolerating what your unhealed self accepted. The truth is not everyone deserves access to you. Choose yourself.
An overwhelm day today. Too much on my plate and the tears start flowing again. That didn't change. The way I handle days like this did. So I had a good cry, a nice shower and a cool drink and I'm feeling a bit better. <3