“Our relationships are a reflection of the relationship we have with ourselves.” ~Iyanla Vanzant Looking back at my life I…
Motivational
What Your “Negative” Emotions Are Trying to Tell You
“Life will only change when you become more committed to your dreams than you are to your comfort zone.” ~Billy…
How I Went From the Pain of People-Pleasing to the Freedom of Being Me
“How hurtful it can be to deny one’s own true self and live a life of lies just to appease…
Create More, Consume Less: A Surefire Way to Feel More Excited About Life
“Creating means living.” ~Dejan Stojanovic We live in a consumer culture. We love to eat, drink, and be merry—while binge…
Say Yes to What Excites You and Make This the Year You Really Live
“I imagine that Yes is the only living thing.” ~E.E. Cummings During the fall of 2017 I began openly dating,…
Sometimes We Are the Ones Who Need to Change
“Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.” ~Albert Einstein When I…
Be Kind, Retrain Your Mind: 3 Tips to Overcome Negative Self-Talk
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” ~Buddha In 1990, in an early…
Why I Focus on What I Need Right Now Instead of Obsessing Over the Future
“The next message you need is always right where you are.” ~Ram Dass I want you to go back to…
How Expressing Myself Helped Me Release Chronic Pain
“Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor.” ~ Rumi It can be frightening to experience physical or…
How I Overcame Childhood Emotional Neglect and Learned to Meet My Needs
“In order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did and why you no longer need…