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25 Self-Love and Self-Care Gift Ideas – Treat Yo Self Or A Treat A Friend!

Posted by strange on December 10, 2015
25 Self-Love and Self-Care Gift Ideas - Treat Yo Self Or A Treat A Friend!

Treat yourself or encourage a friend to healing gifts that will offer peace to the mind, body and soul.

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Open Letter: Why Is Positive Change Traumatic?

Posted by strange on November 2, 2015
Open Letter: Why Is Positive Change Traumatic?

Dear those of you making positive changes in your life but feeling super confused because you feel worse,

Posted in: Uncategorized | Tagged: advice, alternative self help, anger, anxiety, change, depression, lgbtq, open letter, panic attacks, positive, positive changes, relationships, self care, self help, trauma

1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, Drink – DJ Justin Cornwall on Music, Alcohol and AA

Posted by strange on May 5, 2015
1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, Drink - DJ Justin Cornwall on Music, Alcohol and AA

“Drugs and alcohol have become an integral part of the music scene, there’s no way around it sometimes.
Figure yourself out before you step into that environment and it makes things a lot easier. If you’re already lost, or figuring things out, throwing drinking into the mix will just keep you lost.”– Justin Cornwall

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May: LGBTQIA Show and Self-Help Campaign

Posted by strange on May 4, 2015
May: LGBTQIA Show and Self-Help Campaign

May is mental health awareness month! Take a photo of yourself with a self-help tip and hashtag #TheStrangeisBeautiful. Tag your friends to share their advice too <333.

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Easy Way to Calm Anxiety with Direction of Breath

Posted by strange on March 31, 2015
Easy Way to Calm Anxiety with Direction of Breath

The placement and direction of your breath is key to calming down when anxious. When you’re anxious, notice if you mainly breathe in your chest and if your shoulders lift. Anxiety causes a disconnect with our first three chakras; root, sacral and solar plexus. This disconnect forces us to breathe up, up, up the body, into our chest causing anxiety. When anxious, breathe into your belly and direct your exhales down your body and into the Earth. Lengthen your exhales so they become longer than your inhales. This will bring breath back into the first three chakras to calm and center you.

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