Kathleen | Less Noise. More You.🦋
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I don’t think I want to climb the mountain anymore (opens the original)
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Hello there, I’d much rather start off by acting like we’re deep into a conversation. Like two friends huddled over a warm drink in the coziest of cafés, sharing stories of the things that bring us the most joy, but also the most contemplation. The things we don’t tell everyone, and sometimes not even ourselves.And I know that isn’t for everyone. Many are content staying on the surface. And that’s okay. That’s just not who I am. That’s not who I’m for.<a class="image-link image2 is-vie
Just because it works, doesn’t make it right (opens the original)
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There is marketing that “works.”It’s the type that gets your chest pounding, makes you think “I need to act now,” gets you to buy, and makes people a lot of money.And by buy, I mean more than just spending money; I mean buying into whatever someone is selling you. It can be a product, yes, but it’s also a mindset, perspective, or an idea of how you should be, what you should want, or what you should </spa
Oops, I turned something I loved into another performance (opens the original)
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I’ve realized something kind of annoying about figuring out what drains you:Sometimes it’s something you actually really like.Rude.Because wouldn’t it be easier if the things draining our energy were really obvious? Things like the horrible job, the toxic friend who always says how non-dramatic they are, or the commitment you dread every single week.Get rid of the bad thing → feel better. Done. Right?Except… that’s not always how it works. Sometimes something can genuinely nourish you and drain
You know what you need. So... why aren’t you doing it? (opens the original)
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,You know you’re exhausted, or that you need a boundary. You know that something doesn’t feel right. Maybe you know you’d like more space, or even that you’re meant to do something else.And yet...You keep doing (or not doing) the thing.Why?Well, it’s not because you’re lazy or incapable. You might even feel motivated to do the thing.So what’s going on?There may be something standing bet
Grief is like treading water in unpredictable conditions (opens the original)
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There’s no way of predicting how it will feel when you lose someone you love. You know there will be pain. You know you will get through it. At least, that’s what they say.What they don’t say is that there are no neatly packaged stages. Not actually. There’s no final level of acceptance where everything will always be okay.And for those of us who learned long ago to keep our feelings inside, who learned that our feelings were too much, it can be even more confusing.Because it’s not a single mome
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