The topic of boundaries is one of my favorite things to talk about. For so long, I didn’t understand what they were. And as a recovering people pleaser, I believed that setting boundaries with others was unkind. So it probably doesn’t surprise you to learn that setting them with myself (engaging in self-care) was foreign. Now that I understand that boundaries actually provide freedom, I want to help others live in freedom too!

Let’s talk about anxiety for a minute. It’s something you’ve probably felt at some point in your life or are currently struggling with. And you’re not alone. Roughly 40 million Americans struggle with it every single year. I’d also venture to say most of America is struggling with it right now in light of COVID-19.

If you’re a living, breathing human, you’ve probably made a mistake at some point in your life. And if you’re honest with yourself, you probably do it quite often (and maybe even more than you’d like to admit).

But here’s the beautiful thing: you get to make mistakes and so do I. It’s what you do with those mistakes that makes the biggest difference of all.

When we work within our own unique callings (think strengths, personalities, and temperaments), all of the sudden, everything just clicks! So, what about you? Do you feel like you are living within your strengths or are you just making it through the day? When we live within our strengths, we can move forward, find joy, and even leave the stress behind. Here are three ways to find your path.

I don’t know about you, but I can find myself getting overwhelmed when I need to pull together an outfit for an event. We can put so much energy into our outside appearance as we lament about what to wear, or how we look. All the while, we end up putting ourselves down in the process. We feel worse about ourselves, which makes the whole “finding something to wear” experience that much worse.

The work I do largely deals with helping others get unstuck. Whether they feel stuck in their personal lives, at work, in relationships, or with their health, the core of “stuckness” is often faulty beliefs.

To get unstuck, we must evaluate our mindset and exchange our faulty beliefs for these three truths: