Libby's Healing Place

07/01/2026

Emotional Regulation… 🙂😖😡😵‍💫😄

07/01/2026

You do not have to earn your right to exist, to rest, or to take up space. The habit of proving yourself is often born from places where love felt conditional, where safety depended on performance. Choosing to believe you are enough is not arrogance, it is the quiet undoing of years spent shrinking to be accepted.

When your confidence is rooted in truth rather than approval, it stops being fragile. It no longer rises and falls with praise or rejection. It becomes steady, self-held, and deeply grounded, allowing you to move through the world without abandoning yourself in the process.

You were always enough, even before you realized it.

06/01/2026

06/01/2026

Meditation is not about forcing the mind to go blank or thinking less.
It’s about changing your relationship with your thoughts and being less controlled by your thinking.

Sit.
Breathe.
Observe.
Let Go.

Most people believe meditation means stopping thoughts.
That’s why they sit down, close their eyes… and feel like they’re failing within seconds.

The mind starts racing.
Plans appear.
Memories surface.
Worries knock loudly.

And people conclude: “I can’t meditate.”

But here’s the truth 👇

Meditation is not about forcing the mind to go blank.
It’s about changing your relationship with your thoughts.

At first, the mind is noisy — and that’s not a problem.
That noise was always there; you’re just noticing it for the first time.

Then something subtle happens: You stop fighting the thoughts.
You stop chasing them.
You stop believing every story they tell.

You begin to observe without reacting.

Thoughts still arise —
but they no longer own you.
They pass like clouds, while you remain the sky.

With time, the mind naturally settles.
Not because you controlled it,
but because you stopped interfering.

And in that quiet awareness: • Clarity replaces confusion
• Peace replaces restlessness
• Presence replaces overthinking

Meditation is not about thinking less.
It’s about being less controlled by thinking.

Sit.
Breathe.
Observe.
Let go.

The calm you’re searching for
isn’t something you create —
it’s something you uncover.

06/01/2026

We’re easing into this new year, gently 🍃

06/01/2026

Emotional presence is not about fixing or forcing clarity. It is about staying with yourself long enough to feel what is true without rushing past it. When you stop abandoning your inner experience, you begin to rebuild trust with your own heart.

Listening to your emotions does not make you weak. It makes you honest. What you feel is information, and presence is how you learn to hear it without fear.

Your feelings are not the problem. They are the message.

06/01/2026

'Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.'