Part of healing can be letting go—and it’s hard. Therapy, meditation and mindfulness can help you process the parts of your life that are no longer serving you. Writing can help you release your thoughts and feelings and make space for new beginnings. These writing prompts will help remind you what you’re ready to let […]
Author Archives: Jamie Kruse
No matter what your goals might be—learning how to relax, being more patient, improving your relationships, travel, finding jobs or just being kinder to yourself—a vision board is a valuable tool to keep you moving forward during your journey. What is a Vision Board? Vision Boards offer you clarity in your life mission and let […]
One of the greatest connectors of all humans is the shared experience of trauma. While the form and severity may vary, the reality is that we all possess it. Many people do not identify with their own trauma, mistakenly believing that trauma is only used to describe those who have experienced a catastrophic event like […]
Before we begin, what is validation? The literal definition is “the recognition of a person’s thoughts, feelings, emotions, and behaviors as valid and understandable”, and signifies that someone’s experience is heard. Validation is not applying a judgment to a thought, feeling, or behavior. Validating someone means we are not seeking to fix or change anything. […]
Ancient Indian and Chinese scriptures hold countless pages referencing the training of the mind as early as 1500BC. Buddhist, Hindu, Christianity, Islam—nearly all religions—suggest how vital the practice of the mind is to wellness. They teach that the capacity to practice compassion, kindness, love, forgiveness, devotion, or nearly any other aspect of spirituality, wholly require […]
If you asked a million different people to define love, you would be buried in a million different symphonies of collected words. It is a construct nearly impossible to define. It looks different for everyone. For some, it is passion and chemistry. For others, it is the feeling of safety or emotional protection. We can […]
One of the greatest dualities of the human experience is the need for security and the need for freedom. While one pulls us toward one another, the other pushes us away. It is our need for security that fulfills our desire to love and be loved, to have an intimate connection with someone with whom […]
Success is not for the faint of heart. It requires long nights and even longer days, significant sacrifices that extend far beyond what a bank account can offer, and so many moments of disappointment you will begin to lose count of the exact number. Success will demand the majority of your energy, time, and every […]
Fear is the only thing that stops us in life. Fear of failure, fear of success, fear that we’re not good enough, fear that the challenges ahead will be greater than our strength to overcome them. It prevents us from taking action in our life and creating the change that is necessary to progress and […]
We are all struggling to stay present in a world that moves 100 miles an hour. How many of you sit down at the end of the night and ask, where did the day go, or as you are looking at making an appointment in the future realize that the month is almost over? Time […]










