The Letting Go Life

03/12/2025

If you’ve spent years saying “yes” to keep the peace, this is your gentle reminder: boundaries aren’t walls… they’re clarity, safety, and self-respect. 🌿✨

Here's a set of powerful journaling prompts to help you understand where your limits are, what you’ve outgrown, and who you’re becoming when you finally honor your worth.

Take your time with each question.

And if you’re ready for deeper support, you’ll find a link in my bio. 💛

27/11/2025

Wishing you a cozy, joy-filled Thanksgiving surrounded by good food and even better people.
Happy Thanksgiving!!🍎🌽🥧🍁🧡😆

26/11/2025

Shame Shapes Our Lives

Writing my memoir has forced me to confront shame. Unlike an autobiography, the memoir requires me to return to my child-self, to feel how everything that I experienced affected me at the time, how it settled into my bones, and imprinted itself on my heart. At first, the process filled me with waves of grief, guilt, and shame. Yet with each painful memory I put into words from that in-the-moment feeling state, and shared with safe, trusted people, I gained more freedom from any false beliefs I absorbed as a child.

I needed extra support while going through this process, even though I have done much healing over the years. I tapped (EFT) with a trusted colleague and frequently journaled back and forth with God to gain a broader perspective and experience unconditional love. Being witnessed by my writing coach without judgment—and validated for the abuse I endured—I felt safe telling the truth about what happened, rather than skirting around it and protecting people.

We sweep issues under the rug, file them away, and plaster over them — we justify, rationalize, and tell ourselves we've healed. We say it's in the past, that we've forgiven and moved on. Yet, our bodies and recurring negative patterns often tell a different story. Maybe it's the migraines, relationship struggles, fear of publicly speaking, addictions, or other challenges that reveal we are not yet entirely free.

Shame grows wherever there is comparison, rejection, or disconnection—from family, peers, society, or even within ourselves.

If your heart longs to be free, I invite you to reach out. What makes my approach unique is that I integrate powerful, evidence-based tools—EFT, MR, Coaching, Grief Recovery, and IFS—with compassion and faith. I know firsthand how heavy shame, guilt, and grief can feel, and I’ve witnessed the relief and freedom that comes from having someone safe walk beside you.

Together, we transform the layers of shame, grief, and guilt to rediscover your truth, your worth, and your freedom. Healing is possible. 🌸 💛

To learn more, click the link in my bio!

19/11/2025

💬 What Clients Are Saying

"In a word, Gail Mae is exceptional.

I have invested in CBT-based therapy on more than one occasion over the years, but it doesn’t compare to the benefits I received while working with Gail.

During our very first session, I delved deeper and opened more than I had in months of conventional talk therapy. Gail has trained extensively in many modalities, eventually developing a personal approach that’s both powerful and unique.

I must also mention her compassion, generosity, and intuition, which permeate every level of her work. So rare to find someone who offers such a safe place to explore your vulnerability, your “stuff” — a place to rework, reframe, reinvent without judgment, only acceptance and love. Highly recommend!"
— T.L. 🌿

If you’re ready to experience the same sense of safety, healing, and freedom, I invite you to book a complimentary 20-minute consultation via my website found in my Instagram bio. Let’s begin your journey together. 💙

12/11/2025

When someone says you can’t, let that fuel your fire. Turn doubt into determination and show them exactly what you’re capable of. 🔥✨

05/11/2025

🌿 Think of a time when you felt some feelings of joy.

As you remember it, reflect on these questions:

✨ What were you doing?
👥 Who were you with?
🌸 What about this event brought you joy?
💫 Who were you when you were doing these things?
💛 How did this experience feel in your body?
🌈 Where were these feelings in your body? Describe them.
🎨 If you could give a metaphor description of who you were at this time, what would it be?
🌻 How would you feel if you could do more of this?
🕊️ How could those feelings inspire you in your life now?

Take your time with these reflections, and let joy remind you of who you truly are. 💖

Read more about the benefits of sparking joy and explore more journaling prompts on my blog:
👉 https://www.gailmae.com/blog/6-inspiring-questions-to-help-you-spark-joy-in-your-life

31/10/2025

Your body is always speaking. Through tension, fatigue, aches, and pain. Are you listening? 🧠💛
“The nature of the mind is to make coherence of the world. If you have a program that says, for instance, 'I do not deserve', your brain will not let you generate behavior that contradicts this because its nature says it has to be coherent."
- Bruce Lipton, PhD

If you're feeling disconnected from your body’s wisdom or unsure how to tune in, I’m here to show you how. Reach out through the link in my bio. ✨

31/10/2025

29/10/2025

Most mornings, I begin my journaling practice with a paragraph of gratitude. Writing down what I’m thankful for helps me shift out of my busy mind and into my heart, where I can connect with my higher power—God, or what some might call that still, quiet inner voice. In those moments, I ask questions and simply listen, allowing the answers to flow through my pen onto the page. Each time, I am amazed at the love, encouragement, and clarity that comes.

Lately, though, I had several looming deadlines. Instead of journaling, I went straight to the computer, telling myself I would get to it later. But “later” never came. Days slipped by without journaling—or my gratitude list—and I began to notice the effects. My body grew tired and achy, my joints stiff, and a sharp pain settled over my right temple. Since I rarely get headaches, I knew it was more than physical. My mind was caught in worry and fear, and my body was carrying the weight of it.

If you’d like to learn more about how to release stress and physical pain through journaling, gratitude, and letting go, visit my blog: "Cultivating Gratitude: The Power of Thanksgiving in Everyday Life." http://bit.ly/47jMaAp

22/10/2025

The Details of an Unremarkable Day

Can there be such a thing as an unremarkable day?

Merriam-Webster defines unremarkable as common, ordinary, unworthy, or unlikely to be noticed.

I don't think it's possible to have an unremarkable day.

I've had slow days, simple days, and grueling days, and there's always something remarkable about each one. Even if I have days of sadness, depression, or loneliness, there is always something good.

There is always a silver lining to difficulties or suffering. There is someone to smile at, and they smile in return. How lovely, how sweet, how remarkable a smile can be. It can bring a person a moment of joy or kindness, a moment when they might feel seen, knowing they were important enough to be smiled at. For some people, that act can mean a lot in their day. We don't know what people are going through.

Nature is remarkable to me, simply observing the different kinds of green leaves on the trees, shrubs, flowers, and grass. The various leaf structures, shapes, and textures. These are everyday miracles to me, filling me with joy, and that's just the leaves. What about the trees, the shapes, the bark, flowers, fruit, seeds, and nuts? What about flower bulbs? It's a never-ending list of remarkable.

I could write a book about the remarkableness of a single day. A single day that might look to an outsider as unremarkable. We don't know what the person living a seemingly unremarkable life is observing and experiencing. What is the lens through which they view their day? What are they seeing and experiencing?

When they shop for groceries, do they notice the miracle of the lemons on the stand? How fresh they are, even though they had to travel hundreds of miles to be there for you to purchase? The remarkable flavor of the lemon and the fact that it is filled with life-giving nutrients that help you stay healthy and thrive?

In the book, The God Hunt, Karen Burton Mains writes, “the more you look for something, the more you will find it everywhere. We see what we choose to look for; if you hunt for the decadent, the negative, the ugly, that is what you will see. If you search for the beautiful, the holy, the true, your eye will become practiced at finding God’s loveliness everywhere.”

15/10/2025

There is a lot of fear and stress about the future right now. Take time out to include some humor in your day. Spend time with friends, watch a comedy, play games, or read something filled with inspiration and joy. We have to believe in hope and work towards positive change. Laugh at the forces that try to kill love and compassion. A good laugh can shift your energy. Laughter really is the best stress relief. One good laugh can shift your energy and open the door to healing. 🌿💙