The Cost of Comfort – Heartwork Journaling

The Cost of Comfort

Comfortable Heartworker, Comfort. It sounds so good. Warm. Cozy. Comfortable. Yet there’s a huge cost to comfort. Comfort doesn’t change you. Comfort doesn’t challenge you. Comfort pretends to be safe. Comfort begs you to stay when things get scary. Comfort asks you not to stray from what you’ve always done. Comfort nudges you to people-please,…

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What is fierce self-love? – Heartwork Journaling

What is fierce self-love?

Lovable Heartworker, Fierce self-love is NOT a bubble bath, glass of wine, nature hike, expensive bag,  or even yoga. Fierce self-love is… Learning to become a person who honors your word to yourself. Fierce self-love is… Refusing to beat yourself up when you don’t. Fierce self-love is… Identifying and eliminating people-pleasing…  In a firm, yet…

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What if success is really now? – Heartwork Journaling

What if success is really now?

Searching Heartworker, Success. It means different things to different people. For most, success is always somewhere sometime in the future. Never here. No matter what your definition of success is, one thing is true. When you need success, you push it away. When you don’t need success, the success you want comes more easily. It’s…

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Are you drinking more than you want to? – Heartwork Journaling

Drinking Your Problems Away

Heartworker, How are you handling your stress? According to a RAND Corporation study, women have increased their heavy drinking days by 41% compared to before the pandemic. Are you drinking more than you want to? You may have noticed the very thing you’re doing to try to relieve stress causes more of it. Drinking to…

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The sun will come out again Heartwork Journaling doodle

sun will come again doodle painting

Northern Heartworkers, In the northern hemisphere, our days are getting shorter and the landscape may be greyer. One of my favorite things to bring color to my life during these months is the doodle painting below. Step 1: Paint a big sun. ANY color will do, it can be a blue, pink, red, green sun.…

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