Dear Stress, This letter may come as a shock to you, but it’s been weighing heavy on my mind for some time. I can’t be with you anymore. I can’t put so much time and energy and effort into you--into your big ideas, selfish motives, and heart-pounding emotions....
Happy Stress Awareness month! When I learned there was such a thing as stress awareness month, I thought two things: first, "We need to be reminded to be aware of stress? Aren't we already far too aware of it?" and then, "Oh, okay, I get it....
I haven't always been a meditator. I used to think it was kind of strange, and I wasn't sure I wanted to try it for a long time. But about six years ago, when I was going through some of my hardest trials, a craving...
“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” ~Helen Keller When you look at your future, what do you see? Do you see yourself growing and becoming the person you've always desired to be? Or are you clinging so tightly to negative...
In my last post, we discussed how to feel self-worth, using what I call, "The Pyramid of Self-Worth." Today, we get to start working through the steps of the pyramid, toward our ultimate goal of increasing our sense of self-worth. Before we start, let me say,...
Last week, I posted 5 things I know for sure about love. This week, in honor of Valentine's Day, I want to focus on how we can increase love in our lives. As I said in my last post, one thing I know for sure is that...
Relationships can be exhausting, especially when we lose sight of the person we really love. We can get so entrenched in our feelings, our position, our hurt, that we fail to see the efforts, large or small, of the other. One of the books that’s made...
It’s cliché, I know, but I certainly wasn’t expecting postpartum depression (PPD). Newly graduated from college and recently married, I couldn’t wait to start a family, to finally become a mother. It was something I’d wanted my entire life. PPD Round 1 Fast-forward 9 months. I didn’t...