IBS Lifestyle » trusting yourself http://ibslifestyle.com Taking the Stress Out of IBS Wed, 22 Mar 2017 19:42:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Empowering Your Little Me http://ibslifestyle.com/empowering-your-little-me/ http://ibslifestyle.com/empowering-your-little-me/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:21 +0000 http://ibslifestyle.com/?p=750

 

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”  Anais Nin

 

I realized recently that I was still carrying a piece of that in the bud person with in me. Though I have made huge strides over the last few years there was still the part of me who wanted to hide in the shadow. Avoid discomfort, conflict, or just plain speaking my mind.

 

The thing about that little bud, that “little part of me”, that I was carrying inside was that sometimes I relied on it [...]

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