Relationships
Personal Growth is where the beautiful mess of becoming unfolds. Here, you’ll find honest stories and reflections about the real, often messy journey of growing—whether that’s learning to love your changing body, navigating new seasons of life, or practicing self-gratitude when things don’t look perfect. These blog posts are for anyone who knows growth isn’t neat or linear, but full of messes, unexpected challenges, and quiet victories. Expect posts that encourage you to embrace the chaos, celebrate the small wins, and give yourself grace as you bloom into the woman you’re becoming.
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What the 90s Asphalt Challenge Taught Me about Community and Burnout
When is the first time you felt embraced by a community? For me, it was during the summers of my youth on walks home from the pool. “Mama, how are you doing that? Aren’t your feet burning?“ No sweetie peatie, my feet aren’t burning at all. In fact, back in my day, we used to… Read more
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Why It’s Time to Stop Playing Alone: Household Collaboration
The Mess: Avoiding Household Collaboration and Feeling the Pressure to Do It All Myself Instead With car keys in my hand I worked to hustle my girls out the door for school. My youngest daughter’s voice broke the list that was streaming through my brain: “’Mom, can you do my laundry today, please?’ she asked.… Read more
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Same Team: Conflict Resolution
Have you ever found yourself in a tense situation that you didn’t create? My husband and I used to find ourselves caught up in the middle of a couple tiff that wasn’t actually our own. We always try to be on the same team. Our friend group at the time had some competitive tendencies and… Read more
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Conflicting Schedules
1 woman needing to get 2 girls to 2 different places at 5:30 that are exactly 22 minutes apart. Stop me if you’ve heard this one or if this is your everyday life. It’s officially spring time and that means tons of conflicting schedules. On this particular day, you guessed it, my husband was at… Read more
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Protecting Against Resentment in Relationships
Today’s mess involves a phone call and a completely burnt out wife with two young kids, who is on the verge of losing it (it’s me I’m the burnt-out wife). It is a mess and a reminder on protecting against resentment. It’s a Tuesday in the Taylor household which means gloriously no one has any… Read more