“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anyone.” ~Maya Angelou How do you measure your self-worth? By the salary you make each […]
Want to Help Someone Through Depression? Here Are a Few Things to Try
“There were two classes of charitable people: one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people […]
How I Recognized My Fear of Failure and How I’m Mindfully Overcoming It
“The only way to ease our fear and be truly happy is to acknowledge our fear and look deeply at its source. Instead of trying to […]
Are You Highly Emotionally Reactive? You May Be Stuck in Survival Mode
“Survival mode is supposed to be a phase that helps save your life. It is not meant to be how you live.” ~Michele Rosenthal Childhood […]
Put Down Your Phone: Why Presence Is the Best Gift You’ll Ever Give
“When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?” ~Thich Nhat Hanh […]
Why I Blamed Myself for My Ex’s Suicide (and Why It’s Not My Fault)
“No amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of worrying can change the future.” ~Umar Ibn Al Khattab I don’t remember the […]
How I Overcame My Chronic Digestive Issues by Learning to Breathe Right
“If you know the art of deep breathing, you have the strength, wisdom and courage of ten tigers.” ~Chinese adage Let me share a little […]
Please Don’t Fix Me: What True Empathy Is (And Isn’t)
“No one mentioned until I was in late middle age that—horribly!—my good, helpful ideas for other grown-ups were not helpful. That my help was in […]
Making Big Decisions: How to Discern the Whispers of Soul
“Intuition is the whisper of the soul.” ~Jiddu Krishnamurti“I can’t believe they are taking her side over mine. I gave this job so many years, and […]
How Perfectionism and Anxiety Made Me Sick and What I Wish I Knew Sooner
“Perfectionism is the exhausting state of pretending to know it all and have it all together, all the time. I’d rather be a happy mess […]