by NATALIE | Jun 19, 2020 | Podcast: The Baggage Reclaim Sessions
One of my most frequently asked questions is How can I tell the difference between a healthy relationship and an unhealthy one? In an ideal world, we humans would love to have all of the information up front, and because we can’t, we try to look for signs. This...
by NATALIE | Jun 16, 2020 | Happiness & Self-Esteem
For some of us, feeling not ‘good enough’ is as familiar as breathing. Feeling inadequate and worthless from a very young age is why I’m a recovering people-pleaser, perfectionist and overthinker. Believing it drove me into painful relationships forcing myself...
by NATALIE | Jun 12, 2020 | Podcast: The Baggage Reclaim Sessions
Something that many daters struggle with is what feels like the lather, rinse, repeat of their dating cycle. They really want to meet someone but their faith that it’s going to happen is dwindling because promising chats and dates don’t lead to a...
by NATALIE | Jun 11, 2020 | Happiness & Self-Esteem
Keeping an ‘esteem jar’ is a mix of expressing gratitude and noting something good about you. It’s the act of acknowledging where you’re making changes, shifting perspective and seeing results, no matter how small. When you have an unhealthy pattern of...
by NATALIE | Jun 10, 2020 | Letting Go
Have you ever found yourself in a cycle of saying how guilty you feel about something? It can lead to paralysis or spending more time beating you up than you do taking positive action. What happens when you do nothing? You make no decisions or avoid them. You worry...
by NATALIE | Jun 8, 2020 | Happiness & Self-Esteem
We tend to feel baffled when a date or few that seemed so promising doesn’t progress to a relationship. I think this is especially so when we feel as if we were on The Best Date Ever TM or the person intimated or outright stated that they were looking for more...
by NATALIE | Jun 6, 2020 | Letting Go
Something I explain to people-pleasers, perfectionists and overthinkers is that if you don’t consistently feel your feelings, create healthy boundaries and basically be more you, at some point, you’re going to erupt. It’s like a pressure cooker left on the hob for too...
by NATALIE | Jun 5, 2020 | Podcast: The Baggage Reclaim Sessions
This week’s episode of The Baggage Reclaim Sessions is on a topic that, in a way, I’d prefer not to be talking about. At the same time, though, I value the opportunity to do so. After sharing a video on Instagram where I explained how I’m feeling...
by NATALIE | Jun 3, 2020 | Happiness & Self-Esteem
I’ve been black for almost forty-three years, almost forty-four if you count my time in the womb. There’s been heartfelt desire and urgency for people to not just care more about racism but to take a collective stand against it by reflecting it in their...
by NATALIE | Jun 2, 2020 | Happiness & Self-Esteem
There are times we experience doubt, so we feel uncertain about something or someone. Sometimes it’s us that we lack faith in, second-guessing ourselves and doubting our abilities, efforts, needs, desires, expectations, feelings or opinions. We don’t acknowledge...
by NATALIE | Jun 1, 2020 | Happiness & Self-Esteem
Sometimes we’re afraid of saying no because we know with every fibre of our being that this is exactly how we feel. And we mistakenly believe that it’s selfish to honour those feelings and disappoint someone. But surely this renders our emotions useless? It...
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