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July 18, 2016Jess

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When I get swept up in my thoughts and panic over them, wringing my hands like “WHY AM I FEELING THIS WAY AHHH,” it doesn’t occur to me to take a step back and question them or see them as just thoughts, not reality. That’s where I was last weekend when I unexpectedly had some dark thoughts for the first time in awhile. But it wasn’t happening in a vacuum—it was sparked by feeling a lot in therapy. Back when I regularly had suicidal thoughts, it was often a reaction to emotional overwhelm, so I think my mind just leaped back to something familiar when I happened to get very triggered in this therapy session. Luckily, I’ve learned other coping skills over the past six years of going to therapy, and I was able to use them and move through this stressful episode pretty quickly. (It started on Saturday. By Monday, I was feeling okay, and by Thursday, I was feeling much much better.) Music usually has a very calming effect on me, and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that “Superstition” has been my jam this week! #bigmood My High Five for Friday blog post this week was about what helped me through this emotional rollercoaster, so link in bio if you want to check that out. Otherwise, I love you all, and thanks for reading!! 💖💜
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#anxiety #anxietyrelief #therapy #healing #depression #suicideprevention #musicquotes #coping #copingskills

I ended up doing some rage flower creeping yesterday, which was a new experience! 😂😂😡💐 10/10, would recommend
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#flowers #flowerstagram #iris #pansy #nofilter #purpleisaneutral #purple

Just starting my day off in the best way possible: with some pre-therapy flower creeping! 💃💃😍😍 #flowers #flowerstagram #flowerfriends #tulips #irises #azaleas #maybe 🤷🏼‍♀️

Just taking pics of flowers in the rain (literally while holding an umbrella), like ya do 🙃😍 #flowers #flowerfriends #azaleas #ithink #WeGoThroughThisEveryYearOy 🤦🏼‍♀️ #irises

The tarot card I pulled for May: the Queen/Mother of Cups! Apparently, she shows up when you’re embodying her “nurturing mother energy.” I read that and was like LOLOK. I don’t see myself as a particularly warm or nurturing person, and let’s not even get into the weight of “mother”! But... I’m not very warm and nurturing to MYSELF, so no wonder I experience myself that way. Toward others, though? That’s a different story. After I taught my first yoga class in YTT, one of the other lovely gals told me that I’m good at “holding space for people,” which at the time was like 🤯, but does feel like something I’ve become more able to do over the years, as parts of me have started to heal and are able to show up for people in that way. Anyway, I thought of that particular moment because someone embodying the the Queen of Cups vibe is described as “empathetic” and “able to hold space for others to express their emotions and be the truest, most authentic versions of themselves.” That is doubly like WHOA because I have felt a powerful shift in my ability/willingness to do that for others recently. ✨✨WILD✨✨ .
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#tarot #tarotcards #healing #queenofcups #motherofcups #mystical

I had just gotten to therapy today and was loitering outside my car (texting @krisptoria about GoT 😳🤦🏼‍♀️), when this smooshy gingy cat came running up to me!!! He’s so cuuuute! 😍😍 It’s been so long since I saw a cat friend in the wild! I asked him if he wanted to come to therapy with me, but he politely declined by flopping in a sunbeam instead. #yolo 🤷🏼‍♀️ #catstagram #catsthatarentmine #gingerlicious #catfriends #cattherapy

I made a new friend today! ...Sort of! He kept inching closer and closer to me, so that counts, right? 😂 .
There’s something very soothing for me about being around animals. I feel like my skittish tendencies help me to understand them and what they need from a human (i.e. space [to decide if they trust you] and quiet), which in turn makes me feel understood because I would want those things too? 🤯 Anyway, it creates this powerful sense of connection, and I’m here for it. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 💜#horsesthatarentmine #accidentalequinetherapy 🐴#horse #horsey #anxiety #healing

tfw you spot the tulips of your dreams at Easter brunch 😍💐😍 #flowerfriends #pinkandpurple #tulips #flowercreeping #flowers

I’m very glad I brought this precious lil guy home from Chicago with me because he helps me keep the magic alive. 💖✨
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#crystals #crystalhealing #friendtherapy #pinkaesthetic #hearts

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