Turning 30 years old can feel like a big shift, a monumental change. What does it really mean to age and grow older? Our writer explores the topic of aging as an empowered woman. How does it feel to be an embodied woman in her thirties. I’m a therapist and I’m turning 30 this year. Here’s how I frame societal timelines, my self image, and belonging to myself and belonging in community.

Often, the remedy for integrating our validation seeking tendencies (along with an ever-too-familiar, unquenchable desire to please) begins by developing an inner locus of control.

In this piece, we’re exploring the effects of effort-based praised — answering the questions:

What happens to a child’s capacity to problem solve and cultivate resilience when we shift the focus of praise towards effort in place of outcome? And what happens when our methods of praise look at how something was achieved as opposed to just what was achieved?

The holidays can often mean that, for many of us, we’re traveling back to where we grew up or to the people we grew up with. Both my body and mind remember the past physical expressions of myself. My mind and body hold intricately woven patterns, internal dynamics, somatic memories of my childhood. As we age, we evolve, and so many physical versions of our soul are expressed throughout a lifetime. Minute evolutions in the way of being of our authentic selves. And sometimes, it can be painful to return to the previous versions. To be reminded of the way we used to be. The way we used to let others be with us.

Join Charlotte in this discussion on how to completely demystify authenticity as you nurture your self-expression for personal growth.

Join Charlotte in this discussion on the role of energetic psychology in transformational healing.

Join Charlotte in this discussion on how to create a healthier relationship with judgement through self compassion. She explores why we judge ourselves and others, what we are trying to gain, and how to use judgement as a tool for growth. Working with judgement in this way allows it to be a catalyst for our healing, liberating our trapped creative potential.

In this exploration, we’re transforming the potent creative energy within competition into an incredible opportunity for true collaboration, deeper connection, and new paradigm companines.

Who we surround ourselves with has a profound effect on who we are, and I cannot think of a more powerful creative asset than that.