Shedding Your Armor
You deserve to be loved without having to hide the parts of yourself you think are unlovable. Today I turn 51. As I type this, my heart flutters, and I feel something akin to… fear. I have lied …
You deserve to be loved without having to hide the parts of yourself you think are unlovable. Today I turn 51. As I type this, my heart flutters, and I feel something akin to… fear. I have lied …
You grow your best thoughts in silence, solitude, and meditation. When you relax and think deeply, you are giving your inmost powers their best opportunity to disclose themselves. – Grenville Kleiser Over the past few years, one habit …
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Find out who you are and do it on purpose. -Dolly Parton I grew up in a dysfunctional family system with emotional abuse and neglect. I quickly learned to stay small, even invisible, and put others’ needs ahead …
One of the biggest myths we feed into is that setting ourselves as a number one priority is selfish and unkind. Truth is, it is the most loving thing we can do for ourselves and for others. Our …
“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 …