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You Can’t Always Control Them (And That’s Okay)
Hey Darlings, Let’s talk about a classic phrase we’ve all heard a million times: "You can't control how other people act, you can only control how you respond." For the longest time, I hated hearing that. To me, it sounded like code for suppress your feelings, take the high road, pretend you aren't hurt, and move on. It felt like being told to swallow your valid anger just to keep the peace. But that is not what real emotional control means. Controlling your response isn't ab

DeAndrea Pete
Sep 202 min read


Honoring Our Health & Holding Space
Hey Darlings, Can you believe we are already in September? I hope this month has been gentle with you so far, bringing you clarity, cooler breezes, and room to catch your breath. As we head out of this month, I want to bring light to something deeply important to our community: Polyedocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS), formally referred to as PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) Awareness Month. So many women navigate PMOS in silence—dealing with hormonal imbalances, physic

DeAndrea Pete
Sep 201 min read


Learning to Love the True You
Hey Darlings, Let’s get honest about a subject we don’t talk about enough. The uncomfortable gap between the version of yourself you thought you’d be by now, and the real human being sitting in your seat today. Growing up, most of us built a mental blueprint for our future. We imagined how we’d dress, how composed we’d be, what our career would look like, or how effortlessly we'd have our life together in our 20s and definitely by our 30’s. Then real life happens. You realize

DeAndrea Pete
Aug 242 min read


The Words You Repeat Become The Life You Live
Hello my Darlings I hope your week was fantastic! There is a few reasons I fell in love with literature, and storytelling. Words are more than pretty arrangements on a page, they are instructions. They are a look into your soul to your subconscious. What you speak over yourself when nobody else is listening eventually shows up in your real life. While I was writing Irehide, I realized something crucial about human nature: the stories we tell ourselves about who we are dictate

DeAndrea Pete
Aug 161 min read


How to Reset When You're Feeling Overwhelmed: 3 Ways to Clear Your Mind.
Hello my Darlings, I hope you all had a fantastic week. Let's be honest: trying to grow, work, stay healthy, build, and become your best self while keeping up with your day-to-day life gets overwhelming fast. Oftentimes it feels like as soon as you get one area in your life together, three others fall apart. When life gets noisy, do not try to fix everything all at once. Analyze what type of thinker you are and apply some of these tactics while completing each task in section

DeAndrea Pete
Aug 92 min read


Welcome Home My Darlings
A blog for women who are ready to move beyond survival and create a life rooted in purpose, harmony, and abundance.

DeAndrea Pete
Aug 12 min read
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