It's hard not to want to find the reason for why so many bad things happen to us - especially when they all happen at the same time. If you're anything like me, you look for the common denominator in problems, and often, if those problems are my problems, then the common denominator is obvious.

And then comes the blame game.

And then the shame.

And then the self-hatred.

And then our reflection is an unpleasant one.

But if the person we spend the most time with in all of our lives is ourselves, do we really think that playing the blame game with the one and only person we spend all of that time with is productive and even healthy? And if not, how do we overcome the habit and the thought pattern of believing that the blame belongs to us and reason our way back to self-LOVE?

Sometimes, things that happen are not our fault. Sometimes they are. But sometimes, they are more than someone's fault - they can be a lesson, an additional, something that we come away from the problem as better individuals if we can take a pause long enough to see it that way.

So what do we do if we encounter another thing that makes us hate that person in the mirror even more? Pause. Ask her or him "What could this new situation be trying to teach me or give me or add to me?"

One step at a time, we will learn to love that person again and see all of the resilience and the perseverance through the hard times shine through, and that reflection will be a warm and welcome one.

No One's Home is a Creatives Club Media podcast hosted by Cicily, a business owner and fellow creative, determined to shed light on struggles in the professional world and offer encouragement and solutions to those struggles using her own personal experience and the experiences of her peers and fellow mentors. Her main goal is to help everyone with a goal and a dream understand that anything worth having takes time and effort to push towards, and it's okay to have pushback and setbacks. She wants all those who listen to know that their struggles are validated and seen, and that she is rooting for them to succeed in the very best that their lives can give them, and remind them that ultimately, if they are doing better than yesterday - in any shape and form - they are succeeding in life.

This podcast will discuss multiple issues, a few of which being mental and physical heath struggles, grief and loss, disappointment in life, feeling lost in oneself, and much more.

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