Do your truths and beliefs align? There is a difference between knowing a truth or rationalizing the facts and believing it in our core, our heart of hearts, in our soul. Some examples from a million long list. I am good enough. I am deserving. Their divorce wasn’t about me. It was not my fault. I am a good person. I get that I shouldn't let it define me. I am not my past. I know I did my best. What they did is about them. I am whole regardless of the pieces they tried to take from me. I am not damaged. I am not broken. I matter. Saying I know how or why, or I understand this or that, can be wholly different from actually and genuinely believing it. I can say, ”I am kind and compassionate to myself because I deserve love.” but if I don't believe that, keep down, if it doesn't resonate in my bones, there is a gap where negativity and guilt and shame can grow. Not only do we not believe the thing we are speaking about, we then add shame on top, or guilt, for not embodying what we say. For not aligning our truths and values and actions. It is not enough to say I understand something or that I know it. I have to believe it so thoroughly that it feels impossible to act/speak against it or show up in a way that doesn't honor it. Thoughts become feelings which become our emotions and then translate into our energy and belief systems. And that is how we show up in this world. It is not enough to know it, you must drop in, put the work in, and proceed with intention to believe it. Love yourself like that. Make yourself matter that much. Honor yourself that way. Take up space and own your truths beautiful one because the world needs you, desperately. Xx T . . . . Photo @daniellemcveyphotography #icanhelp #coachesareus #uncontrollablyme #perspectiveshift #dothework #speakyourtruth #believeittoo #survivalmakesusbetter #madhope #mentalhealthawareness #liveoutloud #isharebecauseican #shifthappens #domesticviolencesurvivor #linkisinthebio #humancondition #resiliencesquad #lets_chat #shadowwork #alignment (at Virginia Beach, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz0d7TcBcHR/?igshid=1sxvveu1xaoz9