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Tamara Dawn October 3, 2022October 3, 2022advice, emotions, freedom, friendships, growth mindset, hopeful, introspection, journal, reflection, relationships, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilityemotions, feelings, known, relationships, vulnerability

Known…

Known… an adjective that means specified or identified… There is, at times, such an uncomfortable level of vulnerability that is involved with being known… Especially when the trials of life cause feelings and emotions to bubble to the surface that you had all but forgotten about… Or maybe you didn’t forget about them… Maybe your time has been spent denying their existence… Either way it can be extremely uncomfortable to give another person insight into the parts of you that … Continue reading “Known…”

Tamara Dawn September 12, 2022September 12, 2022decisions, emotions, freedom, fresh start, friendships, growth mindset, healing, hopeful, introspection, isolation, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, relationships, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilityboundaries, communication, exhausted, relationships

Relational Reflections…

Healing is starting to feel really exhausting… And it’s not so much the act of healing itself that’s exhausting… Because once the crying has ended (as that tends to accompany my healing as of lately) I feel freer and less weighed down… But healing is starting to feel exhausting because in some cases I’m still interacting with the very people who have caused the wounds that I am processing and working to heal from… And my healing is starting to … Continue reading “Relational Reflections…”

Tamara Dawn September 5, 2022September 5, 2022advice, conflict, freedom, friendships, growth mindset, healing, hopeful, introspection, journal, leadership, Monday's musing, reflection, relationships, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilityboundaries, establishing boundaries, healthy boundaries, interpersonal skills, relationship dynamics, relationships

How are they supposed to know…

Boundary… Noun… Something that indicates bounds or limits… Something that indicates the farthest limit… Something that communicates how far you are willing to go… Something that communicates what you are willing or not willing to tolerate… Now that I have done a ton of work to heal… Because trust me when I say this has not always been easy for me… But now that I have done a ton of work healing and trying to have healthier interpersonal skills and … Continue reading “How are they supposed to know…”

Tamara Dawn June 13, 2022June 12, 2022advice, conflict, friendships, growth mindset, journal, leadership, Monday's musing, reflection, relationships, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilityestablish boundaries, healthy boundaries, loyal to a fault, mutually beneficial, relationships

Remove yourself…

“When someone shows you who they are… believe them…” I have heard that saying said so many times throughout the years… And while I generally try to be the type of person who believes the best about people… I can admit that it has been extremely problematic when I have ignored someone’s toxic behavior and believed the best about them instead of believing who they were showing me that they were… “People only do what you allow them to do…” … Continue reading “Remove yourself…”

Tamara Dawn February 28, 2022February 28, 2022advice, friendships, growth mindset, hopeful, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, relationships, support, thought process, transition, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilitygrowth, honesty, inspire, problematic, reflecting, relationships

Honest reflections…

It’s so important to be honest with yourself… And it’s equally important to surround yourself with people who truly care about your well-being and are secure enough in your relationship to tell you the hard truth that you may need to hear… It’s so problematic when you surround yourself with “yes” men and women because they will really have you out here looking crazy, depending on what needs to be addressed… But let’s circle back to being honest with ourselves … Continue reading “Honest reflections…”

Tamara Dawn December 13, 2021December 13, 2021advice, decisions, growth mindset, hopeful, hopeless, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilityfreedom, mental prison, pain, relationships, trauma

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…”

Tamara Dawn August 23, 2021August 22, 2021anticipation, growth mindset, hopeful, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, relationships, thought process, transition, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitinghealthy, redemption, relationships, stronger, struggle, unbothered

Redemption’s on my mind…

The process of redemption is actually kind of wild when I really think about it, because it generally includes some sort of tragedy or misfortune on the front end of the story… But there is something really beautiful about watching someone come out of a season of struggle or constant setbacks… and come out on the other side stronger and wiser, appearing to be unbothered by the very thing that should have taken them out… If we do the work … Continue reading “Redemption’s on my mind…”