Who are we really? In this online world that we live in, so many of us project an image that just looks glorious and all happy, all the time. Even here at Bringing Back Awesome, it’s part of our mission to bring some positivity to your life every single day. But is that who we […]
From darkness comes light
Occasionally we may all fall into a bit of a slump. It’s perfectly human. Maybe things didn’t turn out the way you’d planned or perhaps you’re just having a hard time getting beyond something. All normal. Best thing to do when you’ve hit a bit of a low is accept where you are. Feel the […]
Dance it out!
This evening I was texting a dear and wonderful friend with a laundry list of complaints about the things that had gone wrong in my day. Truly the only way to describe it with any degree of honesty and accuracy would be to ‘fess up and say that I was feeling sorry for myself. Despite […]
This means you
Hey you…yeah, you! It’s time to take a risk. Time to stretch your heart and your soul and your mind. Time to do that thing that you’ve been avoiding or putting off or contemplating or saying you want to do for a while now. No more excuses. Time to put up or shut up. Because […]
Fear of the unknown
There are days when I’m feeling completely and utterly brave and I want my life to unfold in a mystery of 1000 stories, each only slightly interwoven with the one before it and all of them a complete surprise and full of whatever the world has to offer. And then there are the days when […]
Suffering in silence
Suffering. It’s a universal theme. Depression. Sadness. Loneliness. Health issues. Physical pain. Loss. Grief. We’ve all experienced some sort of suffering and some have struggled more than others. And while suffering is a common thread that runs through each of our lives, it seems that so many people suffer in silence. In fact, it’s surprising […]