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Friday Adventures

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, August 27, 2022 • Leave a Comment

In my effort to become a Recovering People Pleaser, I vowed to spend more time with my sweet Brady. She’s 14, and she’s awesome. We have had one heck of year, and she deserves every minute I can give her. And why shouldn’t I be...

Life. Smacks. Peace.

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, August 9, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Y’all ever get up and the morning and go about your business just to be smacked in the face with a big, fat truth?! Yeah. And the funny thing about that truth is that it was there all along. It isn’t new. It isn’t a...

It’s ok to be messy.

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, August 1, 2022 • Leave a Comment

It’s ok to be messy. It really is. You can forget stuff, slack on your responsibilities, be lazy. It’s ok to have been messy. I’m 100% positive about this. It’s ok if you veered off the right path, neglected your health, even made horrible mistakes....

Go. Live. Life. You only get one.

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 16, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Thought it was worth sharing that my quest to spend more time with my girl is going well! We had a great time together yesterday afternoon eating good food and exploring. The Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum was a blast, and we ate all the...

I’m Bad at purging. I’m good at hoarding.

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 11, 2022 • Leave a Comment

I decided yesterday I was going to boss up and get a handle on all this laundry. I am also ADHD, so in the midst of that, I decided to purge a little. I also stopped to order more hangers, clean behind the night stand,...

Soul Searching: Privilege & Other Pushback

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 9, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Y’all. I’ve been writing about my little soul searching effort, and I’m at the part where we talk about pushback. I have read a many a comment on blogs and social media posts where the original poster on a quest for self care and soul...

What Soul Searching Looks Like

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 9, 2022 • Leave a Comment

So you’ve taken the time to dig deep, to gain some new perspective, to halt the breakdown that was inevitable. What does soul searching look like? Well, it probably looks a little different for everybody. In the book, Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert searched her...

I’M FULL OF JOY, ACTUALLY

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 8, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Y’all, I’m not always focused on my existential crisis. I’ve been on the struggle bus lately for sure, and my time to refocus and reset has been valuable and needed. But I’m quite full of joy, actually. You know, “joy” and “happiness” are two different...

5 Reasons You Need To Take Time For Yourself NOW

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 7, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Soul searching has its benefits. If you slow down long enough to just be with yourself, sift through your thoughts, and get reacquainted with the real you, you’ll make some progress toward clarity. I’m not talking about “self care” either – bubble baths, getting your...

Teaching My Daughter: Our needs come first.

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, June 29, 2022 • Leave a Comment

“If, as a mother, I always put my needs last, I am teaching my daughter that one day won’t matter either.” @vanessacornell I don’t want to teach my daughter this, yet I live way fast and put my needs last (or ignore them completely)...