by Rebecca Cavender | healing, intuition, love, relationships, self-love |
Dear Nice Girl: You know who you are. You’re the one who helps the elderly couple struggling to carry their luggage up the stairs. You’re the girl who calls after a truck full of strangers to give them the book that flew out the back. (Maybe it was important to...
by Rebecca Cavender | devotion, divine feminine, healing, love, self-love |
You don’t have to be a size 8, have a big ass and large breasts, a small waist, wildly swing your hips, and show copious amounts of cleavage to entice a man. I’m not saying those things aren’t sexy. Of course they are; but there’s much more to what makes a woman...
by Rebecca Cavender | healing, relationships, self-love |
Sometimes you have to be brave. Get clear about what you really want and say the truth about it. When you acknowledge your true desires, you have to make room for them in your life. That isn’t always easy. In fact, it might hurt. It might mean letting go of something...
by Rebecca Cavender | acceptance, death, healing, love, self-love, suicide |
She shot herself that March. At 14, whatever pain clawed inside her, my cousin believed hunting it down, releasing it with a bullet from the chamber, was her answer. Our family and her friends were left behind to grieve. We took on her hurt and let it explode in anger...
by Rebecca Cavender | acceptance, healing, letting go, self-love |
I come from a long line of women who lived life on their own terms, often choosing the unconventional over the conventional. This meant following their hearts, what they truly loved, then with a quiet fierceness, just lived. My grandmothers, great-grandmothers –...
by Rebecca Cavender | acceptance, dating, healing, love, relationships, self-love |
I used to date a lot … before I got married, before there was a child. It was fun. There were interesting guys that I had interesting conversations with. There were even the few dodgy men that were – well – dodgy. Along the way, I learned which characteristics were...
