Tag: connection over validation
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Life Doesn’t Wait Until You’re Ready | Real Talk with Shelly Rand
Sometimes we spend so much time waiting until we’re ready that we miss the life happening around us. Today I’m sharing what grief, healing, and finding my way back have taught me about moving forward, one small step at a time.
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Goodbye May: Lessons, Growth & Healing | Shelly Rand
May taught me more than I expected. From healing and growth to friendship, boundaries, and finding my spark again, here’s what I’m taking with me into June.
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The Little Things Are Starting To Matter Again 💜☕
After a difficult season of grief and healing, I’m discovering that sometimes the smallest moments bring the biggest comfort. Coffee, friendship, sunshine, and even an organized freezer are helping me find my spark again.
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Honestly… I’m Just Winging Adulthood At This Point 😂☕
Some days are grief, grocery prices, kitchen chaos, and coffee survival mode… and somehow we keep going anyway 💜
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Maybe Healing Isn’t Loud After All 💜
Healing doesn’t always happen in dramatic life-changing moments. Sometimes it quietly shows up through rest, routines, cooking, coffee, laughter, grief, and learning how to carry life a little softer than before.
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The Weird Ways We Start Rebuilding Ourselves After Hard Seasons
Healing doesn’t always happen in huge dramatic moments. Sometimes it quietly shows up through routines, cooking, music, coffee, laughter, and learning how to keep going one small step at a time. A real-life reflection on grief, rebuilding, loneliness, healing, and finding yourself again.
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The Weird Space Between Surviving and Living Again
Healing doesn’t always look beautiful. Sometimes it looks like coffee at the counter, music in the kitchen, freezer meals, grief sneaking in unexpectedly, and still choosing to try again anyway. This is the weird space between surviving and living again.
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When the Kitchen Starts Bringing You Back to Life 💜
Some days grief still feels heavy. But lately, somewhere between the meal prep containers, music playing in the kitchen, and Sir Kit Kat supervising the chaos, I’ve started finding little pieces of myself again. Not fully healed. Not fully “me” yet. But trying again… one meal, one memory, and one kitchen dance party at a…
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Back in the Kitchen and Meal Prepping Like a Boss 💜
This week I got back in the kitchen, tackled meal prep like a boss, tried new soup recipes, and remembered how healing cooking can really be. From freezer Jenga to dancing while stirring soup, this one is full real-life chaos, laughter, grief, healing, and finding joy again one spice at a time.
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Back in the Kitchen: My Meal Prep Comeback (And Why It Matters Right Now)
I didn’t just make soup this week… I found my way back into the kitchen, one step (and one chopped veggie) at a time.
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The Version of Me I’m Becoming (Even When It’s Hard)
I’ve had more down days than good lately… but I’m still showing up. This is what growth really looks like when it’s messy, honest, and not even close to perfect.
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I Said I Was Going to Do It… So I Did
Taking the first step outside with anxiety isn’t easy, but small steps can lead to real progress. Here’s what it looked like for me to leave my comfort zone and start moving forward again.