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3 Steps to Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Read more: 3 Steps to Overcoming Imposter SyndromeMy life has been a whirlwind of emotions and thoughts lately. After 10 years of living on my own in Los Angeles & Atlanta, I have moved back to my childhood home living with my parents. And while it sounds like I’ve leveled down, this is the most challenged I’ve felt in a long time…
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I’m Back.
Read more: I’m Back.To all the people who have been here from my first blog post in 2019, to blog posts here and there all the way to 2022 when I last touched this thing… thank you. I love writing, it’s how I get my thoughts out, how I work through things, and how I share my life…
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Implement these lessons from nature into your life today ?
Read more: Implement these lessons from nature into your life today ?We’re a little over 1 month into spring and boy oh boy, nature is doing its thing. I love going out on my back porch and just watching nature. The squirrels, the birds, the trees. It’s so interesting what nature can teach us by simply… being. There’s a huge oak tree in my backyard right…
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How to turn living into playing ??
Read more: How to turn living into playing ??Sooo…I participated in an open mic on Sunday. I know, you’re probably like “Yes, we know you do stand up, you’ve talked about it many times before.” But the thing with this time is I hadn’t done it in over 3 months! I didn’t know if I was going to do it ever again. Honestly,…
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Time to Step Up to the Plate in Your Relationships ??
Read more: Time to Step Up to the Plate in Your Relationships ??I watched something on YouTube yesterday that I really DID NOT want to watch…a video on relationships. You know the ones, with the title “This KEEPS 90% of People Single! (BIGGEST DATING MISTAKES!)”- That was the literal title…
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Use Your Failures as Fuel ?
Read more: Use Your Failures as Fuel ?Failure and success. I’ve talked about these concepts before. And just so we are on the same page – the definition of “concept” is ‘an abstract idea; a general notion.’ It is literally something someone made up. It is something that is GENERALLY believed. And I must say now because I don’t know if I’ve said…
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Want more for yourself? Add some intention
Read more: Want more for yourself? Add some intentionThis past weekend I asked my community on the Level Up! With Shay (LUWS) Instagram what their intentions were for this week. I realized I hadn’t set an intention yet and wanted to do so knowing that I was going into a new, never to be experienced again, opportunity-filled week. I intended to…
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Hot Take: Milestones are Overrated
Read more: Hot Take: Milestones are OverratedThis past weekend I dressed up as Dora the Explorer and did a battle rap against Carmen San Diego. Yes, that’s a real sentence and yes, that really happened…
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Why We Need to Give Ourselves Space ?
Read more: Why We Need to Give Ourselves Space ?My life has been a whirlwind of emotions and thoughts lately. To say the least, I have been leveling up and expanding my comfort zone more and more. And it’s been scary. ? Because when you expand your comfort zone, your brain starts racing like “Whoa hey, what are you doing? Whoa hey, you’re out there doing big girl…
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Live By Your Own Rules
Read more: Live By Your Own RulesFrom 2nd grade all the way to my senior year of high school, I kept the secret of being gay. It was hard. My internal dialogue was anything but quiet at that time. I felt as if I was living in a cage and had a job to do – make sure that anyone who passed…