So...pretty long & unusual title. I open up about my recent self-discoveries & some groups, situations, & resources that have helped me accept where I'm at & feel more uplifted then the end of last year, which I will list here in case it's helpful to anyone else!

-NAMI-https://nami.org/Home ❄️

-Personality Hacker https://www.personalityhacker.com/ ❄️

-Natasha from the Temple of Akasha- https://www.templeofakasha.com/ (I am not sure if she still offers the one-on-ones but she has an online meditation community space & offers retreats from time to time & is just a dope & amazing human being to connect with and get spiritual guidance from, if anyone listening leans spiritual or feels like they're having an awakening, processing an awakening, or have other related questions from a spiritual lens). I met with her summer of 2023 so it's been a while, but one of the exercises I shared in here as being super helpful came from a session with her that was very transformational & has just come full circle with its impact, so I wanted to give credit and recommend her as a guide. ❄️

Existential Kink: Unmask Your Shadow and Embrace Your Power (A method for getting what you want by getting off on what you don't) https://bookshop.org/p/books/existential-kink-unmask-your-shadow-and-embrace-your-power-a-method-for-getting-what-you-want-by-getting-off-on-what-you-don-t-carolyn-elliott/13067847Book's on my wishlist! I've listened to the author talk about the beauty of paradox, something I've always innately known! 😁✨️

Some more personal resources & shifts in attitude that have helped include: ❄️

-My recent mini family "retreat," which helped begin the healing of some difficult patterns within my family that were becoming very problematic for my health before this trip happened. ❄️

-My one and only lucky brother (he's just a lucky person in general & I'm lucky to have a sibling who's got my back) ❄️

-LOTs of Neurodiversity Affirming & Strenghts Based Podcasters & Therapists or Healers in the Online Space...along with the good ole MBTI typology theory & Jungian Archetypes ❄️

-Sleeping under the stars (or almost "under them,"/next to a wide window to the night sky...)❄️

-My best friends (including a new friend I made & very much needed maybe more in my life growing up Desi-American & 1st generation Desi-American to add! Shout out to all my 1st generation Asian, Native American, African, & any other 1st generation American that's listening🙏🏼✨️❄️

-Silence❄️

-Special Songs❄️

-Poetry & Art Therapy❄️- & Loki, can't forget Loki lol 🌌

I am going into the New Year with more acceptance and grounding, & a returning connection to my heart-body-spirit space, integrating my recent dive into super heady intellectual thinking world with my intuitive & empathetic side again...very slowly but surely it's happening. I don't hate people, I just have stronger boundaries & more space from them so I can appreciate my own wounded self and heal it better! Which helps me value the time I spend with my inner circle/people that really matter...more. I'm finally finding that balance between the bliss of solitude & the shared joy of connection by spending more quality time with myself so that my quality time with people means more & feels less depleting! Basically recharging my batteries more (& maybe using a better battery/charging environment) so I can show up better and be more present when I am interacting with other humans, & loving myself more in the process. It's really amazing how our confidence is so intricately connected with our ability to sit with whatever we're going through without evading it and learning to befriend our shadows. I'm basically doing therapy with myself, & the occasional nudge and reminder from other people that are supporting me😌🙏🏼💓 Thank you if you are one of those people listening & I wish the same, however scary and intense, but ultimately liberating process of healing...for you! Thank-you for listening.

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