yes 250

Growing Up Without a Family: From Survival Mode to Thriving

“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ~C. S. Lewis I started life [...]

Escaping an Abusive Situation: The Hardest Parts and Greatest Lessons

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ~Rumi I watched my son get hit by his father, and something inside me finally [...]

Gratitude: The Amazing Superpower Inside Us All

“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” ~Marcus [...]

The Wedding Dress Metaphor: A Powerful Lesson on Being Authentic

“True belonging doesn’t require you to change who you are; it requires you to be who you are.” ~Brené Brown This past year, during a [...]

How I Stopped Overexplaining and Found Calm in Conflict

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.” ~Viktor Frankl For a while, I forgot [...]

We Are Allowed to Age: Why I Don’t Care That I Look Old

“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.” ~African Proverb It is just past ten in the morning on a Tuesday. [...]

How Dry January Improved My Brain Health and My Life

“You are not stuck with the brain you have. You can make it better.” ~Dr. Daniel Amen  At the beginning of the year, I had [...]

When Your Kindness Flows Easily to Others but Not to Yourself

“Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” ~Louise L. Hay There it [...]

Boundaries Begin Within: A Simple Insight That Changed My Life

“I used to tolerate a lot because I didn’t want to lose people. Now I set boundaries because I don’t want to lose myself.” ~Anonymous [...]

When You Realize You’ve Outgrown a Friendship

“Sometimes growth doesn’t look like becoming more—it looks like leaving behind what no longer fits.” For a long time, I believed that outgrowing a friendship [...]