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 […]
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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
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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
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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
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“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
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“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
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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
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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
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The waiter caught me at a bad time. “Quires más guapa?” (Want anything more, beautiful?) I looked up at him, like a deer caught in the headlights, hunched over my plate and stuffing the last bit of bread
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“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
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“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates Until a few years ago, I had what most people would call a good life.
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