Amy DeAnda
Internal Renovations: Healing the Oldest Wounds
I’ve spent so much time spent discarding all but the echoes in this room. It’s a long process shedding the heaviness of things that no...
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Amy DeAnda
- Mar 6
- 2 min
It's Already Yours...
My top 3 goals this year were related to financial satisfaction, physical health and writing. This post is about writing. The goal for...
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Amy DeAnda
- Feb 27
- 2 min
Dear Younger Me....
Found an old blurry photo of myself. It brought back a few memories so I wrote her a poem. I still find you in the mirror sometimes... ...
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Amy DeAnda
- Jan 31
- 2 min
Trade Self-Doubt for a Crown
You are extraordinary. A very big part of self-love is recognizing your worth. We forget sometimes and it affects us when making...
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Amy DeAnda
- Jan 16
- 1 min
Dragon Slayer
Today I found a pile of journals from years past, filled with messy thoughts and scribbled prose, pieces of me buried in poetic string....
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Amy DeAnda
- Jan 2
- 3 min
Twenty-Two in Review
2022 was definitely a year of accomplishments and personal growth. As I thought about the writing of this, I actually found myself saying...
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Amy DeAnda
- Dec 14, 2022
- 3 min
Navigating Difficult Relationships
"What happens when someone else's injured inner child hurts you?" A few of my thoughts on how to navigate difficult relationships .......
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Amy DeAnda
- Dec 14, 2022
- 2 min
Be You Anyway: Overcoming Self-Doubt
Not everyone is going to like you or understand you. Not everyone will appreciate what you have to offer. You might be judged... perhaps...
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Amy DeAnda
- Dec 6, 2022
- 2 min
Season of Self-Love
This morning I was reminded of a poem I wrote in September of 2019. I revisited it to find it wasn't quite complete. Today I found the...
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Amy DeAnda
- Nov 17, 2022
- 5 min
Adopted Expectations
Adopt: choose to take up, follow, or use. Let’s talk about Adopted Expectations. Let that term roll around on your tongue for a minute...
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Amy DeAnda
- Oct 26, 2022
- 2 min
The Butterfly Effect
It takes me a week or more after each retreat to fully process All The Things related to the weekend. It's incredible to watch a small...
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Amy DeAnda
- Sep 29, 2022
- 2 min
Post-50 Self-Care Has Meant A Few Important Changes
1. I stopped filling my life with constant things I felt like I “had” to do … which were great excuses for not fully taking part in life...
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Amy DeAnda
- Sep 24, 2022
- 1 min
About Strength (Things to Remember in A Low Moment)
Sometimes when things are tough or when I am in the process of picking myself up and dusting myself off, I feel like I am not strong and...
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Amy DeAnda
- Sep 15, 2022
- 1 min
Time to Take Up Space
Yes, you should take up space. Accept no boxes. Question your place. Desire more. Explore! Fall .... forward but fall ... in fact, free...
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Amy DeAnda
- Aug 15, 2022
- 3 min
Self-Love Realization: It's Okay to Feel all The Feels
7 years ago I found myself in my therapist's office at the tail end of a really bad relationship… the kind where you find out your...
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Amy DeAnda
- Jul 22, 2022
- 4 min
Being a Whisper in a Loud World
Am I really powerful? Even after learning to own that “I am enough” it isn’t always easy for me to see myself as strong. I see myself as...
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Amy DeAnda
- Jul 7, 2022
- 2 min
Re-imagine Yourself: Be a Verb in Life
I want to be a verb. Recently the idea really struck me that labeling myself as a noun had created a container in which I should fit,...
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Amy DeAnda
- Jun 25, 2022
- 2 min
Choosing "Me" is Not a Selfish Act
Many of us are nurturers so it can initially be confusing, learning what exactly “choosing Self” means. As a hardcore nurturer/caretaker,...
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Amy DeAnda
- Apr 23, 2022
- 2 min
Welcome To The Goddesses Garden!
Gather. Connect. Share. My purpose is deeply connected to these powerful words. Creating this website was a stretch for me... I'm not the...
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