“It gets easier. Every day it gets a little easier. But you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part.” ~ BoJack Horseman If you’d told eighteen-year-old me where …
Embracing Slow Growth: The Big Turning Point That Never Came Read More
“True belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world. Our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.” ~Brené Brown For …
From Blending in to Belonging: My Journey Out of Self-Consciousness Read More
“Love life more than the meaning of it? Yes, certainly.” ~Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov When I was a child, there was a special moment during dusk when the old sodium …
On Staying Light in a World That Feels Bleak Read More
“Sometimes we fall for the same mistakes because we haven’t learned to love ourselves fully.” ~Unknown As long as I can remember, my relationships followed the same script. At first, …
How I Broke My Painful Relationship Patterns for Good Read More
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” ~Carl Jung I was sitting in my therapist’s office when she asked me …
Overcoming Self-Sabotage: Why Good Things Felt Like a Trap Read More
“The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it.” ~Elisabeth Kübler-Ross My friend …
The Small, Unexpected Ways Grief Stays with Us Read More
“Emotional abuse is any pattern of behavior that undermines a person’s sense of self-worth and reality.” ~Beverly Engel At first, the changes were small. I stopped wearing that outfit everyone …
The Subtle Ways You Lose Yourself in a Toxic Relationship Read More
“One of the hardest things I’ve had to understand is that closure comes from within. Especially difficult if you’ve been betrayed by someone you love because you feel like you …
My Father Taught Me Love Is Something You Earn; He Was Wrong Read More
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” ~Nelson Mandela First, I slept in a snow shelter at -20°C. Second, I stood alone on a stage …
What Helped Me Heal from a Breakup and Create a Life I Love Read More
“Sometimes walking away is the only way to stop walking away from yourself.” ~Unknown I was between sessions. My TV was on in the background—something I’d half-started watching called The …
The Cult of People and What It Means to Be Free Read More