Jennifer Harbin, MS, LPC, CCH

08/23/2025

Salma Hayek once said: Even if it’s a mistake, it belongs to you, it’s yours, own it—“Yes, I did it.” Throw it back in their face, and don’t let them take your mistake. Your mistake, it’s a valuable tool for growth and for life. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes—it’s better than to do nothing and learn nothing and not evolve. Your mistake is your greatest opportunity, and if somebody’s making fun of you because you made a mistake, don’t go down because of it. If you say, “So what?” to their face, if you say “Yes, so what?”, they are powerless. “Yes, I messed up, tomorrow it will be another day, next year will be another year. It is my mistake, not yours.”

08/21/2025

08/18/2025

Really depicts grief.

08/08/2025

It sounds harsh — and it is.

Because this work isn’t gentle. It asks you to look at the parts of yourself you’d rather ignore.

The anger that comes too quickly.
The control that shows up when fear creeps in.
The silence you learned to survive with.
The wounds you carry from when you were small.

And if you don’t face them — not blame them, not hate them, but face them — they don’t disappear.

They simply pass down, shape the tone of your voice, guide your reactions, become the lens through which you see your child.

Your child doesn’t just inherit your smile.
They inherit your patterns.
Your fears.
Your unfinished business.

That’s why this work matters so much.

Not to be perfect. Not to “fix” yourself.
But to pause long enough to ask: Is this mine? Or am I about to hand it to them, too?

Because when you dare to meet your pain with honesty, your child gets something different…

They get a parent who chooses awareness over autopilot.
A home where emotions are felt, not feared.
A legacy that doesn’t pass on the hurt unexamined.

So no — we don’t have to be flawless.
But we do have to be brave.

Because the things we avoid…
They don’t vanish.
They just get handed down.

And our children deserve better than that.

They deserve us. Whole, aware, evolving.
One conscious choice at a time. ❤️

Quote Credit: Unknown❣️

Follow for more

08/05/2025

Potter Stewart
"Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do."
Morality begins where legality ends.

08/04/2025

Your children will become who you are, so be who you want them to be.

08/03/2025

Confrontation

08/02/2025

🪞 Life won’t always bend to our will—but we can bend inward and rise.
When the world feels immovable, Viktor Frankl teaches us that our greatest power lies within: the ability to reshape ourselves. Suffering doesn’t always end—but it can transform.