The Shortcut to Acceptance
about 16 hours ago • 2 min readHi Reader - Acceptance has been one of the greatest healing decisions I’ve ever made. So why do we resist it? Why Do We Resist Acceptance? Here are some of the common stories I tell myself: To accept would mean I support, agree with, or condone the situation. To accept means someone doesn’t get the punishment they deserve—including me. To accept means giving in, being walked all over, or staying silent when I should speak up. But here’s the irony: It’s not acceptance that causes those...
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4 days ago • 2 min readHi Reader - A Thought That Changed My Life Three years ago, I had a thought that changed my life. At the time, I was at a peak of desperation, desperately wanting my circumstances to change. Things in my personal life felt completely out of control. Someone I loved was struggling in ways I just wanted so badly to “fix” inside of them… yet I couldn’t. And the challenge felt unending. I was really losing hope that it would ever resolve for the better. While walking out in nature one day, a...
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about 1 month ago • 2 min readHi Reader - "Joy is the matriarch of a family of emotions. She won't come into your house if her children are not welcome." — Joe Hudson I used to look at emotions as a hierarchy. At the top was the pinnacle state of Joy and Bliss. At the bottom — the dreaded state of Shame. Today we even know the vibrational frequency of each emotion, and scientifically, can map the spectrum of vibration into what we call the emotional ladder or emotional scale. The problem, though, is when we look at this...
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about 1 month ago • 2 min readHi Reader - I learned a new term this past week that felt like a revelation on my life. But before I tell you what it is, I want to give you a quick quiz — just 5 yes-or-no questions — so you can see if you’ve experienced this too. Ready? Ok. 🧠 Emotions Quiz: Just answer yes or no: Do you feel pressure to hold it all together — to seem peaceful, grateful, or “okay” — even when your inner world is anything but? Do you judge yourself for how you feel and try to override it with gratitude or...
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about 2 months ago • 3 min readHi Reader - Last night something unexpected happened to me. I was reading through the negative reviews of a very popular podcaster. (Sometimes I get curious to see what polarized opinions can reveal.) And to my utter astonishment, the negative review I started to read was ALL ABOUT ME! Talk about twilight zone! My heart rate suddenly skyrocketed when I saw my name mentioned, not once, not twice, but five times in this negative rant directed at a completely different podcaster—who, for the...
READ POSTAre you believing any "deep fakes"?
3 months ago • 2 min readHi Reader - This morning, I watched a reel featuring a prominent political leader admitting to being involved in fraud. That was my tip-off. Unfortunately, confessions aren't typical of politicians... Just as I suspected, thirty seconds later the reel flashed the words, "THIS IS A DEEP FAKE!", letting me know that what I was seeing was AI-generated and not actually real. But it sure looked real. It was so convincing. The voice sounded identical. The video footage looked stunningly real......
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3 months ago • 1 min readHi Reader - What if you could finally lay it down? The guilt. The resentment. The unspoken words. The things you keep turning over in your mind, hoping they’ll feel different the next time you think about them. Forgiveness isn’t about excusing or forgetting. It’s about setting yourself free. When we hold onto pain—especially the pain we haven’t fully felt—it settles into our bodies. It tightens our breath, stiffens our hearts, and weighs down our joy. But something powerful happens when we...
READ POSTYou can't skip ahead to forgiveness
3 months ago • 1 min readHi Reader - Good people with good hearts often have something in common… Spiritual bypassing. It’s when we try to fast-forward through our pain, telling ourselves to be where we think we should be—rather than honoring where we actually are. It sounds like: “I should be grateful,” instead of letting yourself feel disappointed. “I should just get over it,” instead of allowing hurt or resentment to surface. “I should just see the good,” instead of acknowledging the harm or pain that happened....
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