by jenetdove | Mar 30, 2023 | Mental Health, Perfectionism, Self-Care
Trigger warning: This post examines issues of race and economic injustice. Have you ever been told that you have to work twice as hard to get half as far as your white counterparts? I know I have, and if you have as well, like me, you may have spent your...
by jenetdove | Mar 16, 2023 | Mental Health
What would you feel if someone told you, “You’re not good enough?” Does this soul-crushing statement linger with you even as you continue reading? As someone who has battled against perfectionism since I was young, I intimately understand the...
by jenetdove | Mar 2, 2023 | Perfectionism
FAILURE: If reading this word made you feel uneasy, you’re not alone! The mere mention of failure can incite deep-seated anxiety in many, and understandably so. Society has conditioned us to view failure as something negative, something to be...
by jenetdove | Feb 23, 2023 | Self-Care
Did you know an essential part of your self-care journey should include setting boundaries? If this sounds unsettling, I understand why. When people speak on self-care they often only talk about the good things, the breakthroughs that they had with...
by jenetdove | Feb 16, 2023 | Self-Care
If you were to tell your friends that you’re embarking on a self-care journey, how would they respond? Would they be supportive or confused or a bit of both? Why is this? To be honest, self-care is a subject with a lot of gray areas and ambiguity. The true...