You already know what you need to do — You already know what you need to do. Let go of that love who’s repeatedly shown you they don’t have your best interests at heart. …

You’re not feeling like yourself right now, and I understand — Emotional validation is about recognizing and accepting another person’s emotional experience. The opposite is emotional invalidation, where we dismiss, ignore, or judge another’s feelings. We’ve all been there. When someone completely ignores what we have to say we feel like we don’t fundamentally matter. Let’s be clear, validating each other’s…

Your love is hollow, and it bears no action. Your love is pressed for time. Your love is preoccupied. Your love has surface-level conversations — Just because you say “I love you” doesn’t mean I feel loved by you. It seems like a phrase you say to shut me up, alleviate my worries, and keep me distracted for a little while longer. To be fair, I’m sure in your own way you mean it. You…

Life isn’t something that needs fixing; rather, each new experience teaches us qualities about ourselves that we didn’t know — Your life is still worth living, even though the purpose and people you thought would be with you forever are gone. Even when you can’t possibly see a way forward, your life is still worth living. You ask yourself, “What’s the point of barely surviving through all this emotional turmoil…

You’re exhausted from your healing work because you’re still trying to show people that you are worthy based on how fast you can heal — You’ve heard that healing is a continual process. In fact, it takes a lifetime. If you want the life you’ve always wanted, you’re going to have to do something different. You’ve heard it all before. The truth is, you’ve been working on your healing work for years on end and…

Look at everything you’ve survived so far — You’re not always going to feel like pushing forward. You might not even see a reason to. You’re constantly asking yourself, “What’s the point of this?” You’re living on empty. You smile, you laugh, you lend a sympathetic ear to others, but on the inside, you’re empty. Each day, you…

You feel like you’re not making any advancements — Healing can feel like stagnation. Healing can feel like a never-ending cycle of re-traumatization. Healing can make you believe that you’re rolling backward. Healing feels like trying to propel yourself through quicksand. Healing can take a lifetime. …

We hope that even though people repeatedly show us who they are, maybe we’re mistaken. — We hope that even though people repeatedly show us who they are, maybe we’re mistaken. We hope that their ill-mannered behavior was reserved for others and not for us. We desperately want to believe that they will change for us. …

This isn’t the end — You’ve lost your job. You don’t know where to turn. You’re suffocating. All your hard work and effort vanished in an instant. The time away from your family, early mornings, and overtime — gone. When you’re on the verge of giving up, watch and see how God brings opportunities you’d…