What makes someone tough? Is it because they bury all emotions? Or because they are unexpressive and unemotional in response to challenging events around them? Or is it rather that they have grit and the ability to power through unimaginable life situations that would...
“You use up everything you’ve got trying to give everyone what they want” Nina Simone When it comes to compliments, I find them easier to accept if I don’t make too much of them. I don’t need people to tell me that I’m amazing for me to continue doing something I...
Looking at myself in the mirror, wiping the sleep out of my eyes, I’m disgusted with my reflection. I’m thinking about how horrible I must be to have had people I loved and trusted treat me so poorly. I pick apart my character piece by piece, dismantling my freedom to...
It’s kind of poetic, the idea of being broken. Being broken allows us to behave in certain ways – generally ways that keep us small. Being broken becomes a badge of honor that we proudly carry along with us. It feels almost righteous, like we have earned something....
My heart rate was increasing, tension was developing in my chest and I was feeling swallowed by anxiety. It was the middle of March, and two things were happening simultaneously: The world as we all knew it was changing at a rapid pace, and in my business I was...
“Sometimes when I say ‘I’m OK’, I want someone to look at me in the eyes, hug me tight, and say ‘I know you are not”’ Unknown Only within the last few years have I learned that I'm not alone when I'm in a dark emotional place. Most of my life, I thought I was the only...
His words are so gentle, yet you can feel the pain buried within them. There's an important and heart breaking movement that has been happening for centuries; racism has reached a pinnacle of social dialogue, sadness, and rapid fire information and social presence....
I ask you: When you see a fellow sister, woman, girl, or friend putting herself out there, going for what she wants, what do you do? When you see a woman paving her own way, doing things that no one else in your life is doing, do you support her? Do you encourage...
We all experience unwanted emotions; however, the negative emotions seem to feel heavier and tend to captivate us. If we’re having an emotion that brings us joy, bliss, ecstasy, ease or an overall sense of happiness, we generally don’t question it. In fact, we tend to...
“Don’t you find it odd, that when you’re a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you’re older, somehow they act offended if you even try”. Ethan Hawke I think we confuse ourselves when we try to fit in. Whether socially or with...