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I am not your strong friend. I am supportive and I’ll show up for you. You can count on me to be consistent. But I won’t be able to show up as you need me to without being held as well. I know sometimes it may look like I have it all figured out, but I don’t. I worry and need help, too, even though I’m still learning how to talk about it. I am thankful you know you can rely on me. I am thankful for our relationship. I am thankful I’ve been able to hold all of the people who matter to me most. But I am surrendering that responsibility that was never mine. You still have me, just not all of me.
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Yasmine Cheyenne (The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life)
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Say no Use your voice Give to yourself, too Always check within Resist the urge to over-give
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Yasmine Cheyenne (The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life)
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It’s such a metaphor for life because the noise, if it’s all you’re used to, becomes home and the quiet can feel otherworldly and take time to adjust to.
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Yasmine Cheyenne (The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life)
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Sirens and the general noise of Brooklyn streets were a comfort for me. It’s such a metaphor for life because the noise, if it’s all you’re used to, becomes home and the quiet can feel otherworldly and take time to adjust to.
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Yasmine Cheyenne (The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life)
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I recognized that when people had access and support, anything was possible. I learned that with community I didn’t have to have all the answers, I just had to be able to connect people to what they needed. I realized that being able to listen to their stories, no matter how tough their experiences were, provided ease and support to them and I knew it was something I wanted to continue to do. The seed to help others heal was planted
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Yasmine Cheyenne (The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life)
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We commit to our healing to make room for who we want to be. And to make room for our joy, we’re usually invited to clear some stuff out.
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Yasmine Cheyenne (The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life)
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Choosing to be and taking up space in a world that wasn’t built for us is brave because we’re committing to doing the very opposite of what society normalizes we should do.
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Yasmine Cheyenne (The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life)
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Your power lies in your ability to consistently question what really needs to take up space in your life and to release everything that doesn’t.
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Yasmine Cheyenne (The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life)
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Of course, you’re not intending to disappoint people, but this is sometimes a by-product of saying yes to yourself over worrying about what matters to others.
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Yasmine Cheyenne (The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life)
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Presence over performance encourages joy. It encourages standing up for yourself. It encourages you to be more like you.
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Yasmine Cheyenne (The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life)
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I knew I was healing when I was willing to release what they desired me to be and choose what I know I’m destined to be.
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Yasmine Cheyenne (The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life)
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You don’t have to apologize for being who you are. Ever.
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Yasmine Cheyenne (The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life)
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the truth is that so many of us have been programmed to function in a society that wants more and more of us, without concern for our well-being, which means that we’ve got to be our own advocates. We’ve got to be the one to say, “okay, this is enough for now, no more.
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Yasmine Cheyenne (The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life)
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We commit to healing so that we can live a life that’s filled with blessings, abundance, joy, peace, freedom, and everything that feels true to you.
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Yasmine Cheyenne (The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life)
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I began to imagine what life would feel like if I didn’t have to do anything I didn’t want to do. I explored how my life would be impacted if I was able to choose what I said yes or no to. I invited myself to consider what my relationships would feel like if I wasn’t doing what I thought I should be doing and instead chose only what felt right to me.
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Yasmine Cheyenne (The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life)