MissBekah, Author at The Thoughts that Bind

July 18, 2020July 28, 2020

Write a letter (to yourself)

Today, we’re wrapping up our letter-writing extravaganza, or at least for the foreseeable future. I hope that I’ve given you a helpful concept to play around with, and that you write your own letters. Letters that I’ve suggested, but also letters of your own, that are undeniably valuable and that I would have never had the details to suggest to you. If you’re not familiar with this concept and this is your first time here, you can go back and read the initial concept of this series here. Or you can go to any one of these posts for a suggestion of a letter to write to help you work through your thoughts and emotions, as well as leave this world a brighter place. (1 2 3 4 5 6 7)

July 15, 2020July 7, 2020

What self love means to me

July 11, 2020September 7, 2021

Write a letter: to someone who hurt you

Hi everyone! We’ve got a pretty serious concept in our letter-writing today, which is a letter to someone who has hurt you. If you want to read about the basis for letter writing first, you can click here. And to look at the last letter we wrote, go here. But now, let’s dig in.

July 8, 2020July 7, 2020

How to live your best life (the art of priorities)

July 1, 2020May 28, 2020

Triggers vs. Boundaries

There’s a page in my diary that has just one sentence on it. It says, “Triggers are different than boundaries, but both are relevant.” I wrote it when I was feeling wistful, trying to communicate with myself a concept that was fuzzy to me, in language I didn’t right then understand. I do that often, when I write to myself. Make vague statements and metaphors that feel so right, and then later I come back to them to see if they have any weight. This one did. And we’re going to talk about it today.

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020

How to follow your dreams after quarantine

If recent global events have taught us anything, it’s that life is short. Or at least, it can be. And that alone is enough to give us some perspective about what’s truly important. We realize that maybe our jobs are just income sources, that we really don’t make enough time for self-care or that we don’t prioritize our loves ones nearly enough. And dreams, I think, fall into this category as well.

June 20, 2020June 17, 2020

Write a letter (to your future self)

Welcome back, it’s letter writing time again! We’ve talked about the point of writing these letters (which you can find here), and our last exploration was of writing a letter to an old mentor of yours (which you can read by clicking here). We’ve also talked about writing a letter to your past self (find that one here). And today, we’re doing another twist on that. We’re writing a letter to our future selves!

June 20, 2020June 27, 2020

Write a letter (to someone who passed away)

It’s letter writing time again, and I’m so glad you’re with us today. Now, if you’re new to letter writing as a therapeutic concept, I’d encourage you to go to my introductory post to this idea, by clicking here. Last time, we talked about writing to your future self (click here to read), and today, we’re tackling a heavy one. Grief. More specifically, we’re writing a letter to someone who has passed on.

June 17, 2020April 21, 2020

Inner Child Work

It’s a buzz word today in wellness and mental health circles: inner child work. So we’re going to talk about it. What it is, how to do it, and what it can do. So buckle in everyone, and let’s get started.

June 13, 2020June 14, 2020

Write a letter (to a former mentor)

Welcome back to letter writing prompts! If you’re unsure about the idea of writing letters, I recommend you start with this post. The last letter we explored was a light-hearted one, a letter to an old friend. You can find that post here. And today, we’re talking about former mentors!