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Sonya is a spiritual wellness blogger who helps millennials use mindfulness to thrive in today's busy world. Sign up for her free guide the Worry Detox for instant access to tips that add more peace and calm to your daily life.

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How to Stop Feeling Consumed by Your Fear of Being Alone

ā€œPain makes you stronger. Fear makes you braver. Heartbreak makes you wiser.ā€ ~Unknown

You wake up and check your phone expecting a ā€œgood morningā€ text, but thereā€™s nothing there. Going through your day, everything feels quieter and thereā€™s a gaping hole inside of you that nothing seems to fill. No matter what you do, you canā€™t seem to shake that relentless ache for the one person who consumes your mind.

Itā€™s an emptiness that makes you feel lost and scared.

Thereā€™s nothing quite like a breakup to spark fears of being alone. Itā€™s like a wave of dread that hits …

Being Shy Made Me Strong, and It Can Do the Same for You

“Never assume that loud is strong and quiet is weak.” ~Unknown

This quote seems counterintuitive, right?

For many years, I, too, scoffed at the idea.

Having dealt with crippling shyness throughout my life, I know firsthand what itā€™s like to feel weak, powerless, and trapped because of it.

As a child, I remember clinging to my momā€™s leg and using her body to hide from strangers. Then, as I got older, this shy behavior manifested into a fear of speaking my mind, interacting with others, putting myself out there, and so on and so forth.

My quiet and timid nature …

How to Accept That Itā€™s Time to Break Up

“Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together.ā€ ~Marilyn Monroe

I knew it was over and yet I stayed.

In my eyes, my relationship had run its course. I was fed up, tired, and emotionally drained, but I couldnā€™t get myself to pull the trigger. I didnā€™t know how to go through with it.

Because this was my first serious relationship, everything was new to me, including breaking up. He was my first love. We lived together, built a life together, and now I was throwing a wrench into all of our bright plans for the …