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Emotionally Overwhelmed? 5 Simple Practices That Can Help

“Whatever you’re feeling, it will eventually pass. You won’t feel sad forever. At some point, you will feel happy again. You won’t feel anxious forever. [...]

How the People We Love Live On in Us

“What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” ~Helen Keller Growing up, I [...]

What Happened When I Finally Stopped Saying “I’m Fine”

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ~Rumi The first winter, I learned to lie cheerfully. “How are you settling in?” someone [...]

What My Broken Face ID Taught Me About Being More Present

“Every moment, every challenge, every inner reaction is here to show you exactly what you need to let go of in order to be free.” [...]

The Wholeness I Found When I Lost Someone I Love

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ~Rumi The room didn’t change when she left. The chair was where it had always [...]

When Your Feelings Were Never Safe at Home

“The fuel of life is feeling. If we’re not filled up in childhood, we must fill ourselves as adults.” ~Jonice Webb, author of Running on [...]

When Your Sadness Starts Coloring Everything

“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.” ~Viktor Frankl A few weeks ago, I [...]

I Broke My Patterns and Love Still Didn’t Last

“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.” ~Alexander Den Heijer  He was intelligent, well-read, and kind. A [...]

A Simple Question That Helps When I Feel Anxious

“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” ~John Muir I used to think life was like an obstacle course, a [...]

The Pressure to Excel: When Success Feels Like Survival

“To tie your worth to achievements is a recipe for suffering.” ~Brad Bizjack Children don’t just learn mathematics, science, and languages in school. They also [...]