by Kristine Casart | Oct 27, 2021 | Journey to Self Love
I’m starting to understand that all my addictions stem back to one thing. My lack of self love and self worth. I can now also see how codependency is my main addiction. It’s the addiction controlling all the other addictions. All the anxiety and worry about not being...
by Kristine Casart | Oct 12, 2021 | Journey to Self Love
I hit “post” and the tears just flowed out of me. The guilt. The fear. The years of shame. I was sitting in the shade at an outdoor table at CROP and for the first time ever, I didn’t care what people thought of me. I let the tears come and I released all that...
by Kristine Casart | Oct 7, 2021 | Journey to Self Love
In my dream I was back in that small, dark bedroom at my grandparents’ house. It felt so real. I could feel the texture of the knitted wool blanket covering me in the narrow twin bed. Earlier that day I had felt like something wasn’t quite right, and I had tried to...
by Kristine Casart | Sep 25, 2021 | Journey to Self Love
I’m starting to realize that even though I’ve obviously used the word “no” many times in the past, it was always riddled with guilt. How did it make the other person feel? I just couldn’t stand thinking that they were upset with me. Should I call them and tell them I...
by Kristine | Sep 20, 2021 | Journey to Self Love
So, I reached the next layer in my onion of self-discovery. What for now even feels like the core. The answer to all my questions. The missing link. A friend recommended that I listen to “The Power of Vulnerability” by Brené Brown, and it absolutely changed my life....
by Kristine | May 25, 2021 | Journey to Self Love
Whack-a-mole life. Does that sound like your life? Confession time. Years ago, when I came to terms with having issues with alcohol, I connected with a wonderful friend of mine and her first question was, “What did you move on to?”, I didn’t understand what she was...