Currently it feels like humanity is crumbling from within and it's very values and systems are being questioned. As always, there’s immense value in restructuring systems that are no longer working, yet this constant shaming and cancelling of people, businesses and...
If it costs you your joy, it’s too expensive. Unknown. I come from a generation of people raised by those who were brought up in the aftermath of wars, scarcity, and struggle where part of their norm. They were rebuilding (or maybe just building after years of...
This is territory that’s challenging for many of us, myself included: being able to ask for help and knowing when to ask. I’m amazed by people who are able to; most of us know someone who can freely ask for help and, therefore, gets a lot of external support. What’s...
The biggest mistakes I’ve made in the last 25 years of self growth have mostly been around how I treated, reacted and responded to the people in my life. One night, I had just crawled into my bed, snuggled into my cozy grey sheets and pink duvet. I was about to turn...
This is a difficult topic for most because apologies have many facets – there’s apologizing to others, having someone else apologize to us and forgiving ourselves. A few weeks ago, when I tackled the topic of difficult conversations, it would have been easy to put...
When we stop blaming others for our reality we have developed a deeper practice of self awareness, not better or worse than anyone else - simply aware enough to catch yourself in the act of wanting to make someone else wrong. Dr. Brené Brown’s research and work is...
We’d like to believe that we do. Why would we have the people in our lives that we do if we didn’t? There’s one simple question I now ask myself about my relationships, whether they are with friends, acquaintances, family or intimate relationships “Do they want for...
Our desire to be liked can be linked with not living for ourselves. It is a symptom of choosing to live based on the judgements of others instead of living our own authentic lives. I have learned that those who learn to make choices for themselves, and find the...
Last week I wrote about resilience, which could be one of the key factors in creating a happy life. With resilience, we learn how to lift ourselves up and see opportunities instead of seeing only failure, pain or struggle. I feel like there’s a desperation for...
The word ‘resilience’ feels poetic to me. There’s art form to resilience, a brilliance that shines when someone has had a life full of experiences that rub away their naivety and youth and leaves them a refined human. This isn’t someone who is better than others,...