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Tag: Family / Relationships

Our Relationship with Ourselves

March 3, 2020 Shell Vera (The Essential Creative)

Do you have a healthy relationship with yourself? Are you self-aware and do you practice self care regularly? The relationship you have with yourself is one of the most important relationships you will ever have. Here are seven steps that I took when learning to love myself more.

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Reflections: When The Masks Come Off

July 17, 2019 Shell Vera (The Essential Creative)

What does it feel like when you start to actually be yourself? I share some thoughts in this reflection on a post from two years ago.

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Stopping Double-Minded Living: Observations of Society

February 21, 2019 Shell Vera (The Essential Creative)

Some late-night thoughts based upon observations over the past three years of trends within and outside of the church of how we say we want one thing but then act in a way contradictory to what we say we want.

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Paper-Thin I Love Yous

November 30, 2018 Shell Vera (The Essential Creative)

Do we mean it when we tell others we love them? How do they know? Can they prove it through our actions?

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Six-Week Check In: #Last90Days Challenge with Rachel Hollis

November 12, 2018 Shell Vera (The Essential Creative)

Checking in with you on my progress so far with the #Last90Days challenge.

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Seeing Into Others, Part 1: Looking Beyond Masks

September 12, 2018 Shell Vera (The Essential Creative)

Sometimes it can be hard to tell if someone is being real with you or if they are wearing masks to conceal who they really are. These are some signs to look for if you believe someone isn’t who they seem.

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