Cathyann Simmons, LPC, LMT

Been quiet here. Found this sweet and inspiring.

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“Life doesn't always get better.
But you do.
You get stronger.
You get wiser.
You get softer.
With tattered wings you rise.

And the world watches in wonder
at the breathless beauty of
a human who survived life.”

🖋️~Author : L.R. Knost~ 💜

🎨 Artist : Lisa Aisato

A neuroscientist shares the 4 ‘highly coveted’ skills that set introverts apart: ‘Their brains work differently’

A neuroscientist says these 4 'highly coveted' skills make introverts more successful than others

A neuroscientist shares the 4 ‘highly coveted’ skills that set introverts apart: ‘Their brains work differently’ Neuroscientist Friederike Fabritius has worked with companies like Google and Deloitte on how to retain top talent. While many leaders prefer to hire extroverts, she says introverts are often more successful at work.

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Wishing each of you the courage to be willing to make glorious mistakes in the coming year 💜

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“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.

Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're Doing Something.

So that's my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody's ever made before. Don't freeze, don't stop, don't worry that it isn't good enough, or it isn't perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.

Make your mistakes, next year and forever.”

― Neil Gaiman

The first step is recognizing it for what it is . . .

Whever you are, it is ok.

And as my oldest said to encourage me when I was anxious to do somerhing new years ago, "But you might make some new friends!" Even better, we might find our tribe♡

Know you are seen and loved for all your hard work 💕 Thank you for being here and being you 💕

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Admit it. You aren’t like them. You’re not even close. You may occasionally dress yourself up as one of them, watch the same mindless television shows as they do, maybe even eat the same fast food sometimes. But it seems that the more you try to fit in, the more you feel like an outsider, watching the “normal people” as they go about their automatic existences.

For every time you say club passwords like “Have a nice day” and “Weather’s awful today, eh?”, you yearn inside to say forbidden things like “Tell me something that makes you cry” or “What do you think deja vu is for?”. Face it, you even want to talk to that girl in the elevator. But what if that girl in the elevator (and the balding man who walks past your cubicle at work) are thinking the same thing? Who knows what you might learn from taking a chance on conversation with a stranger?

Everyone carries a piece of the puzzle. Nobody comes into your life by mere coincidence. Trust your instincts. Do the unexpected. Find the others…

~Timothy Leary
Artist: Unknown

You can do this 💕

And to follow my last post, then there is this ♡ . . .

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JOY

Joy does not arrive with a fanfare,
on a red carpet strewn with the flowers of a perfect life.

Joy sneaks in, as you pour a cup of coffee,
watching the sun hit your favourite tree, just right.

And you usher joy away,
because you are not ready for it.
Your house is not as it must be,
for such a distinguished guest.

But joy cares nothing for your messy home,
or your bank-balance,
or your waistline, you see.

Joy is supposed to slither through the cracks of your imperfect life,
that’s how joy works.

You cannot invite her, you can only be ready when she appears.

And hug her with meaning,

because in this very moment,

joy chose you.

Donna Ashworth

Art by Inge Löök Oy Ab

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"To love someone long-term is to attend a thousand funerals of the people they used to be.
The people they're too exhausted to be any longer.
The people they don't recognize inside themselves anymore.
The people they grew out of, the people they never ended up growing into.
We so badly want the people we love to get their spark back when it burns out; to become speedily found when they are lost.
But it is not our job to hold anyone accountable to the people they used to be.
It is our job to travel with them between each version and to honor what emerges along the way.
Sometimes it will be an even more luminescent flame.
Sometimes it will be a flicker that disappears and temporarily floods the room with a perfect and necessary darkness."~

~Heidi Priebe

art: Maxine Noel, 'Soulmates'

Stanford's Sapolsky On Depression in U.S. (Full Lecture)

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Stanford's Sapolsky On Depression in U.S. (Full Lecture) Stanford Professor Robert Sapolsky, posits that depression is the most damaging disease that you can experience. Right now it is the number four cause of dis...

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May your weekend be filled with kindling 🥰

Anthony Hopkins Celebrates 45 Years of Sobriety | NowThis

So it is not New Year's, but this is a heartfelt piece of encouragement whatever you are struggling with today. Love to each of you 💗

https://youtu.be/7cKTrH0Utd4

Anthony Hopkins Celebrates 45 Years of Sobriety | NowThis Anthony Hopkins is celebrating 45 years sober — and he has a message of hope for everyone who’s had a tough 2020.» Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/N...

May each of us step into this fully!

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Create the life of your dreams!! Don’t wait. Don’t hesitate. Follow your dreams. What is the one thing you can change right now, no matter how small towards the life you are dreaming about?

Note to self . . .

Wise words. We each create endless ripples in the pond♡

How Friendships Change When You Become an Adult

How things change can be challenging . . . and a normal part of life.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/10/how-friendships-change-over-time-in-adulthood/411466/?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20220507&instance_id=60757&nl=the-morning®i_id=94471680&segment_id=91601&te=1&user_id=d4b7a5032425cf115ecac65edea8a46a

How Friendships Change When You Become an Adult “We need to catch up soon!”

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