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Mental Health & Self-Worth
Honest posts about anxiety, stress, body image, self-care, self-worth and learning to trust yourself. This page collects all 32 posts on the topic from A Big Brave Life, newest first, each with a short summary.
If you are new here, these are the longest, most in-depth posts in this section: It’s Complicated: Stressing About Stress, Body Image Series: Part 3: Living It, Owning The Struggle and Goal Setting for 2024.
Other topics on the blog: Motherhood & Family, Grief & Cancer, Storytelling & Business.
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32Are You “Should-ing” All Over Your Business? Finding Your Way Out
I’ve learned the dangers of blindly following what others say I ’should’ do in my business. I share my journey of breaking free from external pressures and…
Self-Worth: The Missing Piece to Achieving Your Wildest Dreams
How Jamie Kern Lima’s book, Worthy, helped me realize the reason I’ve been feeling so stuck...hint: it has everything to do with self-worth.
The Mental Gymnastics of Motherhood
Let’s talk about the mental gymnastics to prepare for surgery as a mom?! Navigating motherhood on top of recovering feels impossible.
What Cornstarch Reminded Me about Grief
Using cornstarch the other night brought me to tears and reminded me there is no timeline for grief or trauma.
It’s Time to Take Action – Sample Letter to Urge Gun Reform Now
I am making it easier to contact your reps urging action on gun reform by sharing a sample of a letter you can use.
A Love Letter to My Best Friend
I would not be who I am today without the love and support of my best friend. This is a love letter to my best friend.
Remove What No Longer Serves You
It can be really difficult to remove what no longer serves you, but oftentimes it is the only way to move forward into the life we want.
Goal Setting for 2024
Today’s post looks back on the seeds I planted in 2023 and walks through my goal setting and word for 2024.
The Most Powerful Text You Can Send
If someone you love is going through a hard time, I believe there is one powerful text you need to send. I’m sharing it in this post.
I Took A Week of Vacation and Here’s What I Realized…
I took a week of vacation and here’s what I realized...the whole creating my "biggest, bravest life" is working...
What If I let Myself Dream?
What if I let myself dream about having all the things I wish for everyone else? All of them. But for me. How would your life be different?
Meet Anxiety With Confidence
If we listen to our anxious parts we will stay stuck. Sometimes we need to meet our anxiety with confidence by finding the data to push back.
The Mental Load of Motherhood
The mental load of motherhood can be overwhelming and exhausting. While I may not have any solutions I can at least offer solidarity.
Body Image Series: Part 3: Living It
This is part 3 in the body image series and I dive into the practical changes I’ve made to better respect my body.
Body Image Series: Part 2: Changing It
This is Part 2 of my body image series focusing on the biggest change I’ve made to shift the struggle with my body.
Body Image Series: Part 1: Naming It:
The first of a three part series on body image. This first post focuses on why it is so hard to exist in a body.
What Makes Us Human
After attending a funeral for a very young girl I’m grappling with what makes us human: our ability to love while knowing the risk of loss.
How I’m Learning to Trust Myself
After discovering I do not trust myself, I am sharing the actionable steps I am taking to relearn how to trust myself.
My Kindergartner is Smarter than Me
My kindergartner is smarter than me and handling life better. I think I found her secret and am finding ways to implement it in my own life.
How I Found My Dream Job
Discover the process I used to identify my dream job, what was holding my back, and how I decided I was going to go after it.
Off to Kindergarten
My daughter is headed to kindergarten and it will mark the end of a decade as a stay at home mom for me. Sharing all of my thoughts.
Sometimes Life is Just Life
Hey friends! Today’s post is a little delayed because I received some really deflating news about my hip yesterday and I needed to be able to process it…
What We Really Want This Mother’s Day
Friends, I’m starting to think I’m incapable of light and airy posts. Everytime I have one planned something comes up and I just can’t bring myself to post…
My Family, Ice Cream, and Books
Hey friends! If you asked my kids to name things I love without a doubt they’d say “us, ice cream, and books.” They may toss in plants. They may say Dan…
Dear Self
Dear Self, You’re doing fine. Read it again. You are doing just fine. And don’t get stuck on “fine.” Nobody needs you to be great all the time. Nobody even…
Hashtag Authenticity
Hi friends! I have so many things I want to share with you and I keep trying to plan them out but then something else comes up that feels more “in the…
Owning The Struggle
Hi friends. To be transparent I’m really struggling to find words to share with you today. I figured I would dig into the archives and pull something out to…
I Feel Brave
Hey friends! (I’m hoping we have all come to terms with that greeting now because it feels the best. And trust me I have tried out many.) As I try to lay…
It’s Complicated: Stressing About Stress
A few months ago I listened to a podcast and I can’t for the life of me remember who it was by, likely Brene Brown but I couldn’t find it again in my…
A Big Brave Life
Hi, friends! Welcome to my website! What?! I actually cannot believe I am speaking those words. This is really happening. (deep breaths) I have dreamed of…
A Courageous, Connected Community
Friends! Thank you for finding your way here today. It feels surreal to imagine other people taking time out of their busy, chaotic life to read my words. I…
This is Me Unsubscribing
This is only my third official post and I’m already struggling with how to start it. I realized after the fact I started the first two with some variation…