7 Ways to Start to Value Yourself
“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in …
“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in …
“Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are.” — Pema Chödrön I thought going to college was going to be …
I Needed to Change, But Not in the Way I Thought Read More »
Two years ago, I had a nervous breakdown. Let me tell you how that happened. I had just moved to New York. I’ve always been dreaming about making that big step. You know those people from small towns …
How Writing Helped Me Overcome Stress and Become Happier Read More »
“A woman actually doesn’t need a room of her own but she does need an hour of her own. An hour during which she steps outside of her roles so she can remember her soul. An hour in …
“Bob Marley isn’t my name. I don’t even know my name yet.”― Bob Marley I can’t remember the first time I asked my parents why they named me Adam. It’s been so long I can’t remember if their …
My entire life, I’ve been searching for the feeling of being enough, even though I was never really sure what that meant. I just knew whatever it was, I wasn’t it. I wasn’t enough to keep my parents …
“To travel is to take a journey into yourself” – Danny Kaye I achieved my biggest dream and it didn’t make me happy. That was when I had my epiphany. I live in Namibia and all through my …
For more than forty years, I’ve been transformed through the writing process. It all began at the age of six when I was at a sleepaway camp. In my camp trunk, my mother had packed a big box …
“There is a kind of beauty in imperfection.” – Conrad Hall Benjamin Franklin famously tried to be the perfect person. He understood he had flaws, but he strived to change them. He created a list of 13 virtues …