What I Wore To My Therapist

 What I Wore To My Therapist

I shared this photo and caption 

yesterday on my Instagram

and

 thought it was important enough 

to share here as well.

As I wrote yesterday

I don't do this to over share or be flippant

but rather to make a statement on how important

I think mental health is in practicing

Self Care.

Life can be hard and messy at times

and

sometimes relationships don't work out 

the way we hope.

When this happens to me

I make an appointment with 

my therapist

because

sometimes it takes a professional

to help sort out the

pain and the hurt

to insure

anger doesn't become an undercurrent in my soul.

I'm not sharing this from a place

of sadness today

but from a place 

of strength and confidence.

Confidence

in the fact I can trust myself to

take good care of me.

Which gives me courage 

to show up more fully in life.

I live a beautiful gracious life

with much gratitude

because I have worked hard to get here.

I am grateful that I have learned

the importance of

self respect 

and 

self care.

I am ever so aware

of the importance of treating myself with 

love and kindness

so I can offer the same to others.

Not only that

I know if I don't invest in my own emotional reserves

I can come too close for comfort

to wreking emotional chaos

on those I love

when I am coming from a place of anger and fear.

So I am 

Crowning Myself

today

because I am proud 

for being strong enough

to seek out help

to put the pieces of my life in order.

I am also most grateful

to be going to one of my very favorite places today.

Nothing feeds my soul

like hiking in nature

with good friends at the beach.

As always my friends

I wish you love and joy

as you style your life