Tag: personal growth

• Reclaiming Strength Through Running: A Personal Journey

  I’ve always been a runner. But somewhere between babies, broken sleep, and giving so much of myself away to people who would never return it, I lost her. Not all at once. Just slowly… quietly… like something I told myself I’d come back to when life settled down. My body became something different in those…

  Jessica Blake

  April 16, 2026

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  family, healing, health, life, mental-health, personal growth, running, self discovery, writing

• Pathological People Pleaser

  (Yes, I do speak in Taylor Swift lyrics…don’t judge me) There is a quiet moment that comes before a life changes. It doesn’t look dramatic.It doesn’t announce itself.It doesn’t come with fireworks or certainty. It comes in small realizations. In questions you don’t ask out loud.In pauses that feel heavier than words.In the ache of…

  Jessica Blake

  December 31, 2025

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  change is scary, healing, life, life changes, love, mental-health, personal growth, writing

• Wild & Rooted

  

  Every day, I am becoming more myself. My time.My body.My mind.My space.My creativity. For a long time, I tried to make myself fit into a life that wasn’t meant for me — shrinking, editing, and smoothing my edges to survive in places that questioned my right to exist fully. “Why is your stuff everywhere?”“Why do…

  Jessica Blake

  December 30, 2025

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  choose yourself, life after divorce, love, mental-health, personal growth, self-love, writing