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Tag: mental-health

  • Living from the Inside-Out

    What is powering the life you now live?

    I’m going to go ahead and say Happy New Yearrrrr…even though it’s the 10th of February! hehehehe, new has no expiry date 😀

    I have been eager to share something that’s been brewing in me since the end of 2025. I don’t think it’s anything we haven’t in some variation heard before, but hopefully it’ll bless you.

    At the end of 2025, one of the questions that kept coming up for me was ‘what is powering the needs and wants that I now have? This life you want, what is the source of its desire?’

    Sometimes, us wanting things is only to fill up our lives because we are still trying to make sense of it, and so it’s better to fill it up and be busy than for it to be “empty”.

    You’re trying to make sense of your life, but you’re looking outside! Even with community service, and volunteering, and helping those in need, and choosing the most noble profession, if the getting of it is what makes you feel ‘whole’, you’re still living from the outside-in.

    The best version of who you’ll ever be is already in you. Truly, when the things you want are lovely, and noble, and kind, and helpful, that is an indication of a right path, but the understanding that you’re already where you want to go is what will make it living from the inside-out. In the bible, there is a verse that says to seek God first, and everything else, the day-to-day life things, will be added. I believe that passage is agreeing with me today. Be first, before you do.

    I currently have 101 needs and wants…and counting, but i’m finding the vulnerability in examining them again and again and again, until they reflect the Light i’m made of. It is never the ‘thing’ that makes you, it is your identity that gives life to the ‘thing.’

    There is worth in sitting still, in letting go of what looks real and then welcoming what is pouring out of you. Your inside is always speaking, I pray for the acceptance to start listening, to continually seek, to let go of the ‘shoulds’, to truly be, and then to do.

    It is a process, but a worthy journey. I’m rooting for you…and for me lol.

    I’ll see you soon…keep exploring.

    All my love,

    Queenet.

  • The Tale of the Move Rings…

    Recently, i’ve been getting the urge to run.

    Whenever I get really excited or extremely overwhelmed, my body starts to react, almost like its shouting at me; “MOVE!”

    Last time I ran, like ‘exercise, nobody is chasing you’ type of run, I almost took off all my clothes on the road lol, because what is this feeling of ‘breathlessness, plus pain, plus I can feel the calories actually burningggg’ happening. After this episode, I said to running, “don’t call us, we’ll call you.”

    However, I still needed to move. See i’m a homebody. That’s a fact about me. I’ve always enjoyed walking and its not a new concept to me, but I loveee staying at home. It’s warm and comfortable and I can order stuff. hehehehe. There are times I need and want to be outside of course, but I loveeee being inside. One of the draw backs of this is you can be inside for two days and only take 200 steps, and when you feel guilty, just jump 10 times lol.

    Another is I am a nature over. I love all things green and growing and I love taking photos of it and walking around it. Bingley has that. Thus the birth of the move rings.

    I noticed how all the thoughts collide into one huge knot inside my head when I stayed in one place. Moving helped, and moving further helped even more, so in April of 2024, I made a game out of the move rings on the fitness app on my phone and decided that “everyday, i’m going to walk long enough to close these rings”. Something about seeing that red circle going all the way round made me happy…a sense of completion. I combined my love for walking and the joy of closing the ring and began!

    I started with 60kcal, which I could achieve with a 10 minute walk, and lots of photos. Now i’ve doubled that, and most times exceed what I double, counting steps and how long and how far, but all in all making sure i am moving.

    From brisk walking while listening to music to a stroll processing the thoughts in my mind, it’s therapy to me. Moving changes the density of the thoughts, making them airy enough to flow away, so that what remains is me, and the core of me is the light of God.

    I don’t just move because exercise helps the body, I move because I need to find me. There are so many factual health benefits to moving. I present a different angle. Move until the answer is clear, and I promise it will be, Move until you feel joy, it burns the calories as well so you may feel that pain, but keep moving until its gone.

    I havent stopped moving since April of 2024. I’m still a home body, but my move rings are scheduled into my day now. Walking 20-30 minutes a day, reflecting and watching, taking pictures and making plans, coming back to myself when it’s been a hard day, praying and listening to music…it’s time well spent for my mind and my body.

    I have found it’s easy to tie a sense of accomplishment to if the ring closes or not, so i’ve made sure that on days when I just need to rest, I rest. It’s finding the balance between pushing yourself to do what heals you and taking a step back because your essence is not tied to always doing.

    The urge to run, I believe, is my body’s way of saying it’s ready for more…I guess it’s really time to call back.

    Wish me the best! Also…let me know how your own tale goes. hehehe.

    All my love,

    Queenet.