If you’ve ever hated yourself, you need to read this. I taught myself to hate myself at ten years old. I felt sad, I felt rejected, and there was no way in hell I was going to talk […]
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I was 44 years old. I had a great life, great family, beautiful mid century home, nice cars, nannies, a housekeeper, and amazing storybook vacations. From the outside I’m sure it all seemed incredible, like a dream life.
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True forgiveness is when you can say, ‘Thank you for that experience.’ ― Oprah Winfrey I grew up as the “Daddy’s girl”. The bond my dad and I formed is something I held dear to my heart even
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“You write because you need to write, or because you hope someone will listen or because writing will mend something broken inside you or bring something back to life.” ― Joanne Harris I began writing basically as soon as
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Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. – Richard Bach If your inquisitive nephew gets into the china cabinet and knocks over your Royal Copenhagen glass vase, you’re going to find a thousand pieces of
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“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller Often when people learn that I am a counselor and wellness coach they ask, “Don’t you get tired of
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“Pain in this life is not avoidable, but the pain we create avoiding pain is avoidable.” – R.D. Laing On January 3, 2010 at about 11:00 pm eastern time, my husband of over 25 years told me he thought
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It all came back to me. Reading my journals from ten years ago, I remember how painfully stuck I was in my inner turmoils. Every day, for several years, my entry was almost identical. First, the confessions. I
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Where the heart is willing, it will find a thousand ways. Where it is unwilling, it will find a thousand excuses. – Arlen Price If your past still plagues you, it will show in stressful relationships, squashed dreams,
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“Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our
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My world was changing in every sense of the phrase. At the age of 12, I was moving from the Ukraine to Canada. I was leaving all of my friends and family as well as everything that I had known since the day I was born. I was going to be alone, an outsider; I was going to be the immigrant in all of my classes. If the life changes experienced through adolescence weren’t grueling enough, now, I had to cope with moving to an entirely foreign place with nothing but my parents and a suitcase.
I had an incredibly difficult time adapting to my new environment and my new life. I was immersed in a culture completely unknown to me. It wasn’t easy making new friends; especially when your first languages differ from one another. I yearned for the company of my friends and extended family back home.
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