Wow. Did not realize I was opening up a can of worms with a post about tolerance. I fear some in this country have gotten way too comfortable with hate and that makes me so sad. I beg some of you to stop and take a breath before you react with vitriol, and do your best to open your heart to the love that you know Jesus has for you and react in kind, or don’t react at all and just keep scrolling.
Peace 🤍
Back in November, I really started concentrating on my emotional and mental health. The harsh words and abuse can never be unheard and taken back, but here’s the thing, I wouldn’t have taken them in and believed them in the first place, if I hadn’t been saying harsh and unkind words to myself first. Through therapy, journaling, meditation, and slew of things you’ve watched me talk about on my feed the past year, I started to care about myself more and care how I treated myself more which led me to also care about the nutrition I put into my body. Caring not so much about calories but what are in those calories? Am I getting enough fiber? Am I getting enough protein? Am I getting enough vitamins, naturally, in my food? Am I drinking too much? What makes me feel better. What makes my body feel better? Keyword, FEEL better. I also went dry in January. And I plan to do it again in July. I have cut back exponentially on alcohol and I’m sure that has helped with releasing the weight I was carrying for protection. And it did protect me. I’m grateful for that.
I don’t need protection any longer. I’m really starting to love myself. Deep down. All this to say I have a lot to talk about and will continue to do so. Thank you for coming on this journey with me. Please be kind to yourselves. You deserve it. We all do. We are enough. 🤍✌🏻
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This is the little girl I want to take care of right now. The perpetual people pleaser. So please don’t come to me for diet advice. I have failed more times than I have succeeded. Releasing weight is a nice side effect for sure, but this journey has to be, for me, much more than that this time.
I’m doing my best to take care of my heart and my head and recover from verbal and emotional abuse that I finally realize I did not deserve. I feel lighter even though I’m pretty much around the same weight I was when I started Jenny Craig 16 years ago! So it is not about the number on the scale. My heart is lighter. My head is lighter. I want to feel my feelings, even though they can be scary sometimes, and I do my best to get to the other side of them. What I don’t want to do is numb or avoid my feelings with food and alcohol any longer. That is the road I’m on and doing my best to stay on. I want to live the rest of my life truly happy, finding the deep joy within me, and not just faking it until I make it. We all deserve a life full of deep internal joy that we can then share with others. We’ve got this. We are enough. 🤍✌🏻
This is the little girl I want to take care of right now. The perpetual people pleaser. So please don’t come to me for diet advice. I have failed more times than I have succeeded. Releasing weight is a nice side effect for sure, but this journey has to be, for me, much more than that this time.
I’m doing my best to take care of my heart and my head and recover from verbal and emotional abuse that I finally realize I did not deserve. I feel lighter even though I’m pretty much around the same weight I was when I started Jenny Craig 16 years ago! So it is not about the number on the scale. My heart is lighter. My head is lighter. I want to feel my feelings, even though they can be scary sometimes, and I do my best to get to the other side of them. What I don’t want to do is numb or avoid my feelings with food and alcohol any longer. That is the road I’m on and doing my best to stay on. I want to live the rest of my life truly happy, finding the deep joy within me, and not just faking it until I make it. We all deserve a life full of deep internal joy that we can then share with others. We’ve got this. We are enough. 🤍✌🏻
This is the little girl I want to take care of right now. The perpetual people pleaser. So please don’t come to me for diet advice. I have failed more times than I have succeeded. Releasing weight is a nice side effect for sure, but this journey has to be, for me, much more than that this time.
I’m doing my best to take care of my heart and my head and recover from verbal and emotional abuse that I finally realize I did not deserve. I feel lighter even though I’m pretty much around the same weight I was when I started Jenny Craig 16 years ago! So it is not about the number on the scale. My heart is lighter. My head is lighter. I want to feel my feelings, even though they can be scary sometimes, and I do my best to get to the other side of them. What I don’t want to do is numb or avoid my feelings with food and alcohol any longer. That is the road I’m on and doing my best to stay on. I want to live the rest of my life truly happy, finding the deep joy within me, and not just faking it until I make it. We all deserve a life full of deep internal joy that we can then share with others. We’ve got this. We are enough. 🤍✌🏻
This is the little girl I want to take care of right now. The perpetual people pleaser. So please don’t come to me for diet advice. I have failed more times than I have succeeded. Releasing weight is a nice side effect for sure, but this journey has to be, for me, much more than that this time.
I’m doing my best to take care of my heart and my head and recover from verbal and emotional abuse that I finally realize I did not deserve. I feel lighter even though I’m pretty much around the same weight I was when I started Jenny Craig 16 years ago! So it is not about the number on the scale. My heart is lighter. My head is lighter. I want to feel my feelings, even though they can be scary sometimes, and I do my best to get to the other side of them. What I don’t want to do is numb or avoid my feelings with food and alcohol any longer. That is the road I’m on and doing my best to stay on. I want to live the rest of my life truly happy, finding the deep joy within me, and not just faking it until I make it. We all deserve a life full of deep internal joy that we can then share with others. We’ve got this. We are enough. 🤍✌🏻
This is the little girl I want to take care of right now. The perpetual people pleaser. So please don’t come to me for diet advice. I have failed more times than I have succeeded. Releasing weight is a nice side effect for sure, but this journey has to be, for me, much more than that this time.
I’m doing my best to take care of my heart and my head and recover from verbal and emotional abuse that I finally realize I did not deserve. I feel lighter even though I’m pretty much around the same weight I was when I started Jenny Craig 16 years ago! So it is not about the number on the scale. My heart is lighter. My head is lighter. I want to feel my feelings, even though they can be scary sometimes, and I do my best to get to the other side of them. What I don’t want to do is numb or avoid my feelings with food and alcohol any longer. That is the road I’m on and doing my best to stay on. I want to live the rest of my life truly happy, finding the deep joy within me, and not just faking it until I make it. We all deserve a life full of deep internal joy that we can then share with others. We’ve got this. We are enough. 🤍✌🏻
No shame! No judgments.
But let’s talk about it shall we?
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Be kind 🤍
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Sometimes it can just be the little things that will bring you joy. 🐾
#AlwaysGrateful 🤍🙏🏻
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Makes perfect sense to me.
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Had THE most fun (and also intimidating 😅) time working with James Spader and @williamshatner on Boston Legal 🙏🏻🤍
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Hot in Cleveland premiered 13 years ago on June 16, 2010. Hands-down, the most fun I’ve ever had on a job. I soaked up and learned so much every day from Betty, Wendie, and Jane. Brilliant Suzanne Martin, and the entire writing staff gave me the most amazing, fun, and crazy things to do. Everyone at Hazy Mills and in the production staff, the entire crew on set and in post, the best damn people. We all loved our jobs so much. I still miss HiC. ❤️❤️❤️❤️