Catherine Denton

When you’re so caught up in watching everyone else’s faces to gauge if they’re pleased, you forget to check your own.

Learning to be honest about your own wants and desires becomes a pathway to rediscover who you are.

Answering people honestly is the first step toward living authentically and giving yourself the respect you deserve.

Those old stories started when you were too young to fully comprehend everything, when there were voices telling you untrue things.

We weren’t old enough to decipher them back then. But we are now.

The first step is noticing what stories are recurring in your mind. Notice why and ask if they’re actually true?

And as my therapist says, even if they’re true, are they helpful?

Questioning our stories has a way of unraveling the lies and unveiling the truth.

I love seeing them able to do what took me literal decades to learn.

Rewriting those stories has taken awhile, but it’s been so worth it.

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There are days where everything aligns. It felt rather magical. What are the odds she’d be outside when I was driving to work?

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It’s been and still is, a long journey, but I’m finally learning what is my responsibility and what is theirs.

I once read, “Your urgency is not my emergency.”

And that changed my whole perspective.

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Live your beautiful life!

Go for that swim. Eat the watermelon. Wear the sundress. Play games with your kids. Wear shorts and sleeveless tops. Get in the photo.

The point is to enjoy your life!

You do not have to meet anyone else’s standards. Or even your own.
Just BE.

Give me a 🍉in the comments if you agree!

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