09/10/2025
                                            If praise or recognition were rare growing up, it can feel strange or uncomfortable to celebrate ourselves now. That’s why learning to give ourselves ‘positive strokes’,  is so important - if there aren’t many around us, we can learn to offer them from within.
This week brought me a reminder of how fragile life can be and how deeply loss touches us.  Our histories shape how we handle emotion, connection, and grief and it’s something worth noticing with compassion.
If any of this resonates, know that you’re not alone.  Your feelings make sense. 
Be gentle with yourself - and go ahead and celebrate your own steps, even the quiet ones. 
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