“Everyone who gives up a serious childhood dream—of becoming an artist, a doctor, an engineer, an athlete—lives the rest of their life with a sense […]
4 Things You Need to Know About Your Hurting Inner Child
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The Powerful Realizations That Helped Me Heal from Chronic Illness
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What Toxic Shame Feels Like: 9 People Share Their Experiences
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I change.” ~Carl Rogers My heart races as I raise my […]
Insights and Advice from a Former People-Pleaser
“I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.” […]
How to Get to the Amazing Life on the Other Side of Your Fears
“As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others!” ~Marianne Williamson Have you ever felt trapped by fear, unable to break […]
3 Simple Words to Help You Feel Present, Grounded, and Nourished
“The little things? They’re not little.” ~Jon Kabat-Zinn Remember Halloween, 2018? No? We wouldn’t, either, except that it happens to be the day our mindfulness […]
How I Broke Free from My Toxic Need to Achieve
“If it’s out of your hands, it deserves freedom from your mind too.” ~ Ivan Nuru “Honey, we’re gonna call you an ambulance.” The woman […]
Hope for the Grieving: You Will Make It Through
“No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.” ~Ursula K. Le Guin (the Farthest Shore) Everyone with a close relationship with their mother […]
How to Find Tiny Miracles, Even During Hard Times
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ~Albert […]