How To Know When Someone Is Healthy & Optimistic -VS- Hiding Behind A False Image? For every light, there is a shadow, I suppose. So, it would probably be fair to say that in order to see something for what it truly is, we should try to see it from “both sides of the coin.” ‘Spiritual Bypassing’ by definition is to avoid psychological and mental…

Why two hearts & minds are better than one if they’re in unison — At the beginning of a relationship, which we could call the honeymoon phase, we haven’t fully seen all parts of our partner to really know them deeply. This is why they call it “meeting their representative.” This doesn’t mean that everyone is deceitful at the beginning, but the truth is…

Giving yourself permission to break the chains that bond you to someone. — By Jasmine Clemente Sometimes, a relationship with a certain person can feel like a security blanket that we’re too comfortable to let go of. It may not even be the warmest or thickest blanket, but the fact that we’ve become so used to it is what makes us keep it…

How To Be Mindful of What You Put Into The Garden of Your Mind — By Jasmine Clemente They say that when you write things down, you bring them into existence. It’s a way of affirming your desires, just like speaking things into existence. Well, what about reading? Sometimes we curiously read clickbait titles, but what if they’re negative in nature? You know what they…

And being humanitarian runs through my blood. — By Jasmine Clemente I hardly ever reveal that I’m related to the late major league Pirates baseball player, Roberto Clemente, who died in a 1972 New Year's Eve plane crash headed to Nicaragua in rescue efforts to deliver food and medical supplies after a devastating earthquake. I wasn’t even born…

At least, Some Parts Of It — As we mature and evolve, we become wiser and wiser to the deceiving tricks of a serpent. While this is a great form of self-protection, it’s probably important to ask ourselves when we might start becoming a little too critical or untrustworthy of anything we deem suspicious. The truth is…

And Why You Shouldn't Settle For A Life Of Mediocrity — Some of us are so conditioned to eating small bites, that we don’t hunger for anything more — it’s as if we’re monks living a beautiful & simple life satisfied with the little things. This can be a divine way to live, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that having an…

Where does the thin line begin and end between working it out or accepting abuse? — Where does the thin line begin and end between working it out or accepting abuse? Someone recently told me that a part of being in a relationship is working through problems. And then further stated, “You can’t always cut and run.” Hearing that might make a person pause to reconsider…

Do Souls Really Choose Which Mother’s Womb Will Be The Portal Into This World? I am both pro-choice and pro-life. But, how can I be for both? As a woman, I’ve felt conflicted, pondering over what feels morally nourishing to my soul, and what feels “off.” This was definitely a topic that I had to think about, alone, without being too heavily influenced by…