“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 the universe, deserve your love and affection” – Buddha...
“I didn’t know where I was going until I got there.” When we were kids, life was so fun and fresh. Maybe it's because we dived straight into adventure. Because we didn't think of success or failure in the way we think now. I've always been passionate about creativity....
The cold office wall held me upright as my breakfast teased the back of my throat. All I could do was focus on my breathing. My boss had booked me to coach a workshop for corporate professionals. She believed I could do it, yet my self-belief had quickly dissolved two...
“It’s OKAY to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave.” – Mandy Hale I am a 46-year old mother of three girls and I am terrified of heights. I tend to get queasy by the third step on a ladder. I am also really adventurous and...
I was always an obese kid. One that would eat and drink the same things as my friends, but gain 10 lbs while they somehow stayed young and slim. Things were this way for many years, then one day I’d finally had enough - I was going to start eating healthy and lose...
I’ve always been a very anxious person–easily overwhelmed and stressed; consumed by worry; overly sensitive; and prone to outbursts and panic attacks. And I’ve always been extremely sloppy and disorganized–constantly losing and misplacing things; a bedroom floor made...
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird Every year when my mother’s birthday rolls around I visit the same story in my...
“When you’re in your head, you’re dead.” - Tony Robbins I love this quote from Tony Robbins because I can directly relate to it. There have been times in my life when I’ve been so in my head that the best parts of me were dead. I was taken over by my negative mind...
"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose." - Steve Jobs A few years ago, my life was an endless cycle of procrastination, addiction, and self-sabotage. Each morning, I’d wake up with little...
“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 a chance for a fresh start. I guess it was, but not in the...
Do you have a dirty secret life as well? Do you do things alone that fill you with shame and self-loathing? Do you have activities and addictions that you want to keep from your loved ones and that if your best friend admitted to them, you would advise that they...
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 who make plans about moving to New York City and becoming...