After realizing my passion for helping others and my knack for athletics, I decided to enter Sports Psychology. Sports Psychology is highly motivating. In my experience learning about Sports Psychology, I noticed it’s not about anyone else; it’s about you. What you want to do and how you want to achieve your goals. It has [...]
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6 Ways Journaling Helps
Journaling can help track your progress, stay positive, heal, and increase self-awareness of negative thoughts. How can you relate to writing? What does writing bring out in you? Your plans, emotions, realization, unraveling, or expressive thoughts? Or was it just a childhood diary filled with secrets? When I was a teenager, I kept a secret [...]
Dr. Marc Brackett’s; RULER
RULER Skills by Marc Brackett; Permission to Feel For your reference, Marc Brackett's; Permission to Feel reviews the RULER approach in depth. What is RULER? Dr. Marc Brackett created RULER, an evidence-based social and emotional learning (SEL) approach at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. The approach focuses on: Understanding the value of emotionsBuilding the [...]
8 Shadow Work Journaling Prompts
My team and I put together 8 Shadow Work Journaling Prompts to help you support your light within your shadows. First, below are three introspective quotes I would like for you to ponder. Shadow Work Quotes to Ponder I disagree with Jung when he says the Shadow is the person we’d rather not be. The [...]
Mental Health Instagram Feed
Your Instagram feed has a lot more influence on your mental health than you know! Have you ever felt discomfort, depression, anxiety, or envious feelings while scrolling through your Instagram feed? Take a few minutes to answer the question below: What images, stories, posts, or reels on your timeline increase your well-being or impact your [...]
Relationship Expectations and Love
Relationship expectations are a huge factor in how we experience love. The lack of awareness regarding one's needs, goals, and wants makes expectations more of an illusion than a form of stability. The work I do with couples and individuals who are looking to grow in love has a heavy emphasis on individual identity exploration. [...]
Love and Lust
Your Truth in Love and Lust Ask yourself some questions and find out what the word "love" and "lust" means to you? How can you prepare for your wants and work towards your higher conscious self? Ultimately, it is all about finding out who you are and what the truth is that you hold, genuinely [...]
Grounding Practice for Positivity
Self-compassion within your grounding requires a positive approach to the journey. Self-compassion within your grounding requires a positive approach to the journey. Please enjoy quick Grounding Practice for Positivity! Before you begin, take a moment to check in with yourself with the wellness tips below. Tips for checking in with yourself: Tip #1: take a [...]
Become a Mindful Listener
How do we become more mindful listeners?! Mindful listening is about taking time to experience what you are hearing or listening to at any given moment!Without judgment, distraction, or self-gain.Becoming a mindful listener takes time and effort!Set an intention to stay present and be a more mindful listener! The Intentional Simplicity Space: Bohemian Reading Nook [...]
Mental Health & Wellness Awareness Month
As for Intentional Simplicity LLC, we believe that mental health and wellbeing are a daily prioritization. With this, we are excited to celebrate Mental Health & Wellness Awareness Month! As a Wellness Based Therapist, I am a vessel for my clients' words, experiences, and truth.Sarafina Arthur-Williams, MA, CEO Sarafina Arthur-Williams, MA , CEO If you [...]