Year End Reflection Practice
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Becoming Brave
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What does it mean to you to be brave? What I am present to in reading others’ responses to being brave is that Brave looks different to each person yet holds a common denominator—strength and courage to take action when it would be easier to do nothing. So for some of us, speaking up and sharing our voice is a brave thing to do, while to others, it’s just a conversation. For some traveling to foreign lands or getting out of bed seems natural while to others it takes great strength and courage.
Being brave is a practice. It’s continuing to face discomfort and take action inside of it.
Read MoreInvisalign-ing Patience - The Parallels between Orthodontics & Starting a Business
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It was around this time that I had also started my business and was navigating the world of being my own boss and learning to charge for my services. I thought committing to a multi-year journey with my teeth was challenging. Starting my own business, however, there was no preparing me for this ride.
It’s one thing to enter into something knowing how long it will take; it’s another to enter into something blindly believing it’s going to happen right away.
Read MoreClutching Old Water Bottles
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Why do we hang on to things when we know it’s time to let go? Are we attached to the item itself or what it represents?
For my 33rd birthday, my dear friend Kortney gifted me with a Hydro Flask® water bottle. She picked a beautiful turquoise color perfectly suited to my style. If you’ve known me for a while, then you know that I’m rarely without a water bottle in hand. One of my friends once said that I’ll be clutching my water bottle when I die.
Read MoreA Brief History of Transformation
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How often do you reflect on your journey and how far you’ve come?
Lately, it seems like experiences from my past are resurfacing. I’m back to living with my sister and her family after 3-4 years of living in other places. I’m back in Dallas where I left 2 years ago while starting my nomadic journey. I’ve reconnected with relationships in my life that took various turns in the past. I said ‘Yes’ to a retreat not knowing where the money is going to come, and trusting that it will.
While these experiences feel the same, they’re different because I’m not the same person I was 5, 3, or even 1 year ago.
Read MoreMy Surrender Experiment: 30 Blogs in 30(ish) Days
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What is My Mountain?
This is the question that beckoned my attention while I was climbing an actual mountain. Early on the morning of June 30, I woke with the clear knowing that I needed to go on a hike, and not just any hike, one that would challenge me. I followed this urge and headed to Mount Garfield. I had no idea that this hike—this climb—would lead me to write 30 blogs in 30-ish days. After I climbed the mountain, I knew I needed my own challenge. After I returned from my climb, I walked the labyrinth at Six Eagles Haven and asked the question, “What IS my mountain?”
Read MoreNo One Deserves to Disappear
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I believe at the core of being human, we all want to be seen and heard.
It’s scary to be vulnerable and share your fears, concerns, and heart with other people—especially people who don’t have the same skin color as you. And not everyone has earned the right to hear your story. This is why it’s so important to create safe environments where authentic conversations can be had; to create a space where others trust that you are truly listening to what they have to say, and to create a space where the person sharing feels they matter and are fully seen.
Read MorePermission to Be You
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As I near the completion of my 30-day (ish) blog challenge, I find myself filled with peace and gratitude. And, of course, satisfaction over the act of writing daily and showing up for the challenge. It’s more than the challenge though. It’s the peace and gratitude I’ve gained through owning and accepting who I am with love.
I’ve learned throughout this process and this year to tune inward and show up for myself first.
Read MorePraise & Celebrate Where You Are
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How often do you stop to celebrate the big and small victories in life? Or better yet, how often do you celebrate your journey and where you are now?
It’s easy to celebrate life when things are going well and you’ve achieved something you’ve been working towards or you’ve reached a milestone such as a birthday or an anniversary.
What about the ordinary moments in life?
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