Author Tamara Dawn Posted on September 19, 2022September 19, 2022Categories advice, conflict, decisions, emotions, freedom, fresh start, friendships, growth mindset, healing, hopeful, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, relationships, thought process, transparency, vulnerability, waitingTags , , , , ,

If they wanted to know the truth…

There are people who don’t like you… People you have never interacted with… And these people don’t like you because of a version of you they heard about from someone you are no longer in relationship with… And what’s interesting about this is the fact that sometimes the version of you they describe is either a false version or a version of you that no longer exists… I have seen that happen from time to time in my own life… … Continue reading “If they wanted to know the truth…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on August 29, 2022August 28, 2022Categories emotions, freedom, fresh start, growth mindset, healing, hopeful, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transition, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilityTags , ,

Over and over and over again…

It’s really wild when I think about the fact that I have to make an intentional choice to be fully me wherever I go… Like why isn’t that something that just automatically happens by default? And I’m not talking about professionalism or assessing my environment and behaving accordingly… I’m referring to the moments I still have where I hesitate to expose a part of me that I think won’t be accepted in whatever space I am in… And as I … Continue reading “Over and over and over again…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on August 22, 2022Categories emotions, fresh start, growth mindset, healing, hopeful, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transition, transparency, vulnerabilityTags , , , ,

The reintroduction…

The past few weeks have been extremely busy… were kind of chaotic at times… and had a little sickness thrown in for a little razzle dazzle… All while I was preparing for an extremely busy yet meaningful weekend… Such is life at times… I hated to NOT be able to post last Monday… but sickness caused me to get behind on a lot of things and this creative outlet had to be sacrificed… Also I will note here that I … Continue reading “The reintroduction…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on May 24, 2022May 24, 2022Categories advice, conflict, fresh start, friendships, growth mindset, hopeful, introspection, journal, relationships, thought process, transition, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilityTags , , ,

Forgiveness is not for them…

I think there is such a misconception about what forgiveness is… There has to be because I can’t fathom any other reason why someone would willingly choose to NOT forgive someone… I also think a lot of people believe that forgiving someone means that you have to reconcile with that person and let them back in your life… It doesn’t… Or perhaps some people think that forgiving someone means that you have to pretend the offense didn’t occur… It doesn’t … Continue reading “Forgiveness is not for them…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on April 18, 2022April 18, 2022Categories growth mindset, hopeful, hopeless, introspection, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transition, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitingTags , , , , ,

Hills and valleys…

The last 10 plus months could easily be classified as the weirdest… and hardest… and dopest… most frustrating… most rewarding… most inspiring season of life where I have endured the hardest trials… have experienced the most emotional, mental, and spiritual growth… and have received some of the most amazing blessings… I have cried more tears than I knew were contained within my soul… And I say “soul” because that truly is where the pain and tears have flowed out of … Continue reading “Hills and valleys…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on February 21, 2022February 21, 2022Categories conflict, grief, growth mindset, hopeful, hopeless, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transition, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilityTags , , ,

Hopefully I remember…

During the past several days I have learned how important it is for me to pour out all the mess that tends to float around in my heart and mind… And honestly you would think that I would know that as an external processor, but so often I forget that I can’t stuff the things that are truly bothering me… And there is something so refreshing and freeing about saying, yelling, or screaming out the things that are bothering me … Continue reading “Hopefully I remember…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on December 13, 2021December 13, 2021Categories advice, decisions, growth mindset, hopeful, hopeless, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilityTags , , , ,

It’s worth the work…

It’s so interesting how we can believe the lie that someone has a low opinion of us based on our own insecurities… I walked around unknowingly carrying around shame and condemnation for DECADES… I walked around believing the lie that others could see how worthless I felt… I walked around not really putting effort into relationships because I didn’t want to get too attached… It’s crazy how our own insecurities can keep us in a mental prison… It’s crazy our … Continue reading “It’s worth the work…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on April 15, 2021April 17, 2021Categories growth mindset, isolation, journal, reflection, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilityTags , , , ,

The watery release…

Of all the things that I can think of that I dislike doing, I am pretty sure that crying is pretty damn close to being at that top of that list if it’s not already in the number one spot… I hate crying… And though I am pretty sure that the average person is not a fan of crying… most of the time when I can feel that I am about to cry I stuff my emotions so that it … Continue reading “The watery release…”