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Love this conscious social media awareness from Ra

Love this conscious social media awareness from Rachel Cargle ✨

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“SWIPE 🌞 Good morning. I’ve been trying to rebuild the infrastructure in my mind around my relationship to daily tech habits and to social media to particular.
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Are there any tools (practices, books, podcasts, maybe) that you use to be more self aware and intentional around the use of social media? I’d love to learn with and from you if you’re open to sharing.”

#socialmedia #emotionalintelligence #emotionalhealth #healthandwellness #positivehabits

This is why unconditional positive regard is so im

This is why unconditional positive regard is so important. As parents, we can let kids know we love and accept them, even if we can’t accept certain behaviors. Too many grown adults struggle with feeling worthy, making mistakes, and having feelings, because they were told they were “bad” for having these experiences as children.

This can sound like:

“I love you, and I’m not going to let you do this.”

“I love who you are as a person. I don’t like how you’re speaking to me.”

“It’s ok to make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes. It’s a great opportunity to learn.”

“You are having some big feelings. I am here for you.”

“I’m feeling really frustrated right now. I need space but I want you to know my feelings are mine and this isn’t about you. You’re good.”

“You are loved and accepted. Nothing will change that.”

“That’s not a safe choice” (vs “that’s bad/you’re a bad boy/girl”).

#Repost @empower.therapyandcoaching with @make_repost
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If it wasn’t okay to have feelings growing up, then it might feel difficult to allow yourself to feel now. Having feelings as an adult might feel foreign and be chased with a side dish of shame, guilt, or despondency. ⁠
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If your goodness as a child was dependent on you being a “good kid” (not crying, being perfect, passive, no needs), then having feelings and needs as a grown-up may feel wrong or bad. ⁠
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You are allowed to have needs, desires, feelings and having all of those makes you human.⁠
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My wish is that you hold onto your goodness when you’re having big feelings coming up. ⁠
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Cheers to the cycle-breakers ✨ #fathersday #dad

Cheers to the cycle-breakers ✨

#fathersday #dad #dads #fatherhood #parenting #gentleparenting #gentlediscipline #peacefulparenting #attachmentparenting #emotionalintelligence

For everyone on Father’s Day ❤️ Via @bless

For everyone on Father’s Day ❤️

Via @blessthemessy

#fathersday #family #dad #dads

Kayak King 🛶👑💪 My wish is for everyone to

Kayak King 🛶👑💪 My wish is for everyone to have access to green space. My wish is for mothers to take back control of our bodies and the narrative around them. For so long, “health and wellness” has revolved around how we look. Exercise info for women hinges on picking apart our bodies and choosing which parts need to look more like a billboard model. Fitness pages on social media often focus on *looking* a certain way rather than *feeling* a certain way.

I move my body because it helps my mental health. I move my body HARD because it helps me be a more peaceful parent. I lift weights so I can keep lifting my kids and eventually my grand kids. Squats? I do them for my pelvic floor, so my body stays strong as I age, and so my back can withstand hauling kayaks every summer day and shoveling during the winter.

When our society makes fitness, exercise, health and wellness all about how hot a woman looks, we do a disservice to bodies everywhere. People see exercise as a thing to do because they hate their bodies, not because they love their bodies. And habits we try to form out of hatred generally don’t stick. Positive habits are for *us* and our families, not for the misogynistic society which tells us we’ll never be enough. Joyful movement is where it’s at. Let’s honor and move our bodies as we are able. If you love to dance, dance more. If you love to walk slow and gentle, walk slow and gentle. If you long to be strong, know that you can be strong regardless of what you look like; it just takes knowledge and practice. Creating positive habits takes practice, and you are worth the effort, no matter what our society says ✨

#outdoors #outdooradventures #greenspace #greenspaceisahumanright #movement #joyfulmovement #movementismedicine #fitness #healthyateverysize #fitnessforwomen #fitnessformoms #realfitness #positivehabits

Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, by my 7-year-ol

Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, by my 7-year-old on our hike to a waterfall ✨

#outdoors #outdooradventures #nature #greenspace #naturefamily #outdoorfamily #wildschooling #homeschooling #naturalparenting #joyfulmovement #movement #movementismedicine #fitnessforeverybody

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Via @thebrokeblackgirl

#emotionalintelligence #empath #empathy #sensitive #sensitivity #abuse #attachmentparenting #healthandwellness

Your body is good, not because of what it looks li

Your body is good, not because of what it looks like, but because it’s your home while you’re here ✨

Via @encouragingdietitian

#bodypositive #bodypositivity #allbodiesaregoodbodies #healthyateverysize #healthandwellness #wellness #positivehabits

All of this. So much damage is done raising girls

All of this. So much damage is done raising girls in a culture in which their body is their worth, and only has value if it looks a certain way. And raising boys in this same culture is toxic too.

Via @fuck__patriarchy

#feminism #feminist #smashthepatriarchy #misogyny #humanity #humanrights #equality #fuckpatriarchy #womenempowerment #bodypositivity #raiseawareness #gainpost #followforfollowback #likeforlike #girlpower #mentalhealth #prochoice #rapeculture #lgbtq #blacklivesmatter #sexism #féminisme #feminismquotes #feminismisforeverybody #blackfeminism #intersectionalfeminism #feminismisequality #bodypositive #womanhood

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