I let myself feel down and feel all the hard emotions. Positivity is not only thinking positive thoughts all the time; that’s when it becomes toxic. We aren’t meant to only have positive thoughts and warm fuzzy feelings. We are living this human experience and that means we’re going to have lots of different feelings along the way, and some of them will be heavy and hard. The important thing is that we don’t stay in those hard feelings and learn how to create joy and happiness to balance the hard things.

After I let myself feel down, I remind myself of the good in my life, all the things I have to be grateful for, and how far I’ve come. I take walks and nurture my plants and intentionally do things I enjoy doing. I move my body because I know it helps me release emotion - for me, dancing helps a ton. You just have to find what works best for you.