#RaqoveryWins

Hi, hi! Raquel here. Welcome back to the channel and another video upload for the week. Don't worry, I'm determined to get another upload out later tonight for TWO uploads this week--I'm thinking a little old-new mix of a book review, so, huzzah!!

In this video, I talk about some of the hard times I've had to push through at the start of the week since my last RaqoveryWins entry. It was a rough one for sure, and while the loss and grieving process IS still there, I'm doing a lot better with it now, which is awesome. I actually got my therapy session moved AGAIN but it happened fortunately on Friday (yesterday) and I had to go to work so I couldn't really deal with my shit yet and that worked out a lot better for me, ironically. I've also had time to read books and I'm almost finished with a new book that I love and adored and I'm determined to get the review process done by mid-next week and the Winter Solstice book review done by early this upcoming week.

So, things are moving and grooving and I'm healing through it all!!!
Let me know YOUR RaqoveryWins for this week down in the comments and any feedback you have to share! Much more in store in the future. Thanks for being here!!!
🕯️🕯️🤗🌈💙🩷❤️🤎🎃🎃🎃

#mentalhealthmatters #healing #selfreflection
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