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Avoidance Is Not Rest: The Mental Load of Unfinished Business

8/20/2025

We often talk about stress as though it’s something that simply happens to us, something we have to manage or push through. But more often than not, stress is a signal, not a symptom. And it’s asking us to stop ignoring the things that quietly gnaw at our peace.

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Return to Your Confident Energy

8/16/2025

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by Frankie Alisha

I've been reflecting on what true confidence really is, and here's my take on it: confidence is regulation, not about perfection or always getting it right. It’s about feeling safe in your body, especially when you mess up or are on a detour in life.

We live in a world that tells us confidence comes from doing more, becoming more, being better. But I believe confidence comes from being regulated from the inside out.

While our nervous systems learn regulating skills in childhood, I believe that despite unpleasant earlier experiences, we can create safety with simple things, like routines and where we place our energy.

A dysregulated nervous system clouds clarity, breeds self-doubt, and makes us question our own competency and energy. That doesn’t mean you’re broken. It means your body has been trying to keep you safe, and now it might be time to teach it a new baseline.

If you’re in that murky middle where healing, uncertainty and evolving exist, this post is for you. You don’t need to have it all figured out to re-up that confident energy. You just need presence. You just need to connect to your center.

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When Your Mind Won’t Stay in the Present

8/6/2025

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By Frankie Alisha (inspired by Dr. Tracy Marks)

You sit down to work, but your mind has other plans.

First, it takes you back to yesterday’s awkward conversation. You replay it word for word, analyzing your tone, your timing, your facial expression. Then it catapults you forward into tomorrow’s big meeting or the text you haven’t gotten back yet. You start imagining everything that could go wrong.

Twenty minutes later, you’ve bounced between the past and the future... and haven’t done a single thing in the present.

Sound familiar?

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Avoidance Is Not Rest: The Mental Load of Unfinished Business

Return to Your Confident Energy

When Your Mind Won’t Stay in the Present

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