05/26/2021
Toxic Positivity: In Defense of Negative Emotions
Great explanation!
Toxic Positivity: In Defense of Negative Emotions
Toxic positivity is forced happiness. It’s the assumption that despite your difficulties and challenges you should be cheerful. But life is a package deal, it comes with both light and darkness and we need an array of emotions to accept and deal with both.
11/19/2020
Was trying to get the whole t-shirt in! Nerding out over here. 🤓 @ Sherman Oaks
07/03/2017
LOVE this! The only way we learn and grow is through "mistakes" and "failures." Let it be messy! Repost and thanks to
06/25/2017
Do you feel it?? I do. It's that time, my friends. This is the mantra. 🌸💓🌸repost from
06/25/2017
Do you feel it?? I do. It's that time, my friends. This is the mantra. 🌸💓🌸repost from
06/22/2017
The human and divine in me honors the human and divine in you.
06/20/2017
Sometimes we have to Allow, Surrender, Be -- and that brings the connection we seek. Other times we have to work hard to find it. The balance between effort and surrender depends spelt on the moment you're in and discerning which it is you need. ❤️
06/19/2017
❤️ Loved this. ❤️ Repost from
06/16/2017
Funny meme, but semi-serious post. PEOPLE! Someone else is not going to make you whole. Seriously. We need to let go of the idea of the romantic fantasy of love. (Book Rec: WE by Robert A. Johnson). Can we be romantic within a relationship? Of course! But real love starts with true RELATING. Then we have to figure out how to SUSTAIN that relating in spite of our human tendencies to want to control or be in the Power Principle instead of the Love Principle. They are one another's opposites and only through integration of shadow into light (I.e. Doing your gd work! 🤗) will we evolve. I'll be 40 in August. I've been single for about 5 years (with a 3 month relationship last year where I spent most of my time ignoring my feelings that, ahem, just weren't there and listening to the voice that told me, "but he'sTRYING and he's nice and he likes you!" Luckily I did my work, transformed that voice thru developing a better relationship to IT, and let that s**t go!). Point is -- I have never been happier in my whole life than in these last five years because I KNOW WHO I AM. And while that's an ever-developing thing, I am not projecting my wholeness onto anyone else. The Work is SO worth it and life is so damn good. But only YOU can choose to do it.
06/01/2017
One of my favorite books for psychological healing of the Feminine aspect of an individual. -- Addiction to Perfection by Marion Woodman
05/26/2017
"There is no coming to consciousness without pain." -- C.G. Jung As difficult as the inward journey has been, As close to the edge of sanity as I've come, for me, transformation has been worth it. Go easy on yourself as much as u can. It can be a tough ride, this Life.
05/16/2017
Our reactions offer us so much insight to ourselves! We can only know ourselves through "the Other." Let yourself be changed daily. ❤️
05/10/2017
Choose Kindness wherever possible.
05/04/2017
Are they or are they ? Perhaps one and the same.
04/27/2017
Ready to face your soul? I'm offering half-off coaching sessions in person or remotely (Skype or Face Time) until June 1st! New clients only. Two slots left. Email Asher to request a free consult: [email protected]
04/27/2017
Ready to face your soul? I'm offering half-off coaching sessions in person or remotely (Skype or Face Time) until June1st. New clients only. Email Asher to request a free consult: [email protected]
04/19/2017
Only the eternal can know impermanence. We only know one thing through it's opposite. We might not always LIKE the opposite but for life to have any meaning, it must be known. I thought this quote was interesting food for thought, although I'm not sure what's happening with the kid in the background?? 🤔🤔🤗
04/18/2017
Jung said there are 2 types of suffering: 1. Legitimate and 2. Illegitimate. Legitimate suffering is when we do it consciously and derive meaning from it. Illegitimate suffering is unconscious and of no creative or soul-growing use to us. Personally, I've gone into symbolic Hell both consciously and unconsciously. One going in consciously, I am able to bring back some gold from the depths. And that makes all the difference.
04/15/2017
Wholeness comes from the ability to both sides. Splitting off something we don't like, dismissing it, suppressing it or trying to force it to be light is neurosis. Accept the opposites. Then transform.
04/05/2017
My all-time favorite Jung quote.
04/03/2017
I needed to see this today. I've been working hard on the development and manifestation of my goals, which is awesome. But always, always to try and remember to ENJOY YOUR PROCESS. Now. Deep breath in. Deep breath out. Well, hello there. :) I see you. Repost from .matthews
03/30/2017
Katie Heeran, LMFT, Yoga Instructor, and Strategic-Intuitive Life Coach's cover photo
03/30/2017
Katie Heeran, LMFT, Yoga Instructor, and Strategic-Intuitive Life Coach
03/26/2017
Some call this yoga. Some call it ego. It's probably a bit of both. Do I think it's cool I can do this pose? Yeah. Is the pose what yoga is all about? No. I will say it took me a long-ass time to get here. "Here" is not the pose itself -- but what the pose SYMBOLIZES for me. The journey started with just showing up for level 1. I was dealing with a raging eating disorder and desperately seeking ANYTHING that could help. Yoga has been a part of my transformation and both my ego and my Higher Self are damn grateful. Now go out there and dive in! Life is not as scary as once I thought.
03/22/2017
"Every dream is an opportunity to develop a relationship to our soul." Repost 🙌
03/17/2017
I'm so glad I discovered this protein powder. I swear I've tried so many that were artificially sweetened or too high in sugar or had toxic ingredients or weren't vegan. (I'm not vegan but I can't do dairy). Or WERE vegan but had like 6 grams of protein instead of 20 - bam! Or were vegan but tasted like shiz-nit. 😬 So yay! Now off to get my on! OH -- here's the recipe: *unsweetened vanilla almond milk (about 1 cup; I never measure!) * handful of frozen strawberries *2 ice cubes (somehow it makes it better just trust me) *scoop of daily fiber *scoop of (pick up at ) *2 scoops vanilla protein powder *allllmost a full scoop of super greens *tablespoon almond butter or handful of raw almonds. Blend. It LOOKS gray but tastes yum! Enjoy!
03/13/2017
Ritual. My was to let go of the idea that I need to let go in favor of instead staying in relationship to all aspects of myself, even the not-so-great parts. Instead of pushing the unfavored parts of the psyche away through dismissal, avoidance or distraction, can we learn to relate to those parts? To ask what they need? What they are really trying to tell us? We separate from them NOT to "let go," as popular spiritual agendas would have us believe, but rather to be related instead of identified. When we identify with and I'm desirable part of ourselves, we become that part of ourselves. If we can stay separated but relate to it, we maintain our sovereign authority.
03/10/2017
Key word "dealt." Deal w your Self and your self. It is the hardest work but I promise you it is the most meaningful. **t that last hashtag was just to see if anyone was 😬😬🌞🌞