It's ok to not be ok all of the time

Your weekly reflection | Video of August's workshop | Announcing our September workshop | Uplifters Unfiltered with Maureen Spataro

🌞 Happy Mindful Monday.

Many of us Uplifters grew up believing that no matter what happened we needed to keep a smile on our faces. Naturally, we got pretty good at it. But, sometimes all of those feelings we’re holding back start to bubble over. In our latest episode of The Uplifters Podcast,

Maureen Spataro

shares both the effects of this masking and the benefits of just being real with ourselves and others.

Are you annoyed, disappointed, frustrated, sad, or angry? That’s ok. Every feeling is normal. You don’t always need to share those feelings with everyone around you, but it can be really powerful to acknowledge them to yourself.

It’s like that little valve on The Instant Pot. If we don’t open it, it starts to seep out whether we like it or not. So, today, maybe this can be an invitation to be really honest with yourself, and let the steam out before it forces itself out.

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Uplifter Workshops

Huge, huge gratitude to

Lisa Crozier

for the beautiful Uplifter Workshop that she co-hosted with me last week. It was packed with information, inspiration, and big ideas! If you’re a paid subscriber, you’ll find the link to a video of that session below. Please let me know what you discover as you take the assessment!

I’m thrilled to announce that our next Uplifter Workshop will be co-hosted with

Christina Testut

on Friday, September 8 at 4pm ET, so mark those calendars if you’re a paid subscriber. We’ll explore ways to truly, deeply love ourselves exactly as we are.

If you haven’t done so already, click below to become a paid subscriber for just $8 a month, and unlock monthly Uplifter Workshops, weekly Uplifters Unfiltered videos, and join the conversation in the comments!