“The place of true healing is a fierce place. It’s a giant place. It’s a place of monstrous beauty and endless dark and glimmering light. And you have to work really, really, really hard to get there, but you can do it.” ~Cheryl Strayed My memories of my sister are much hazier than they used to be—somehow less crisp…
“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.” ~Brené Brown What is the exact point when you realize you are in a toxic relationship? For me, it was a process that took almost a year. I thought I was mindful and “awake.” I did have an internal dialogue with…
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” ~Anne Lamott I used to believe that success meant always being available. Always saying yes. Always responding immediately to emails, Slack pings, texts, whatever was thrown my way. Because if I stopped—even for a second—I might fall behind. And if I wasn’t working harder…
Honestly, it’s hard to believe I’m at the age for perimenopause. I feel young in many ways, despite the exhaustion of parenting two young kids. And I’ve always felt somewhat eternal, doing whatever I want to do at any age, without regard for what other people think or believe. But here I am—forty-five, dealing with all kinds of hormone-related…
“Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.” ~Peter T. McIntyre I used to think of confidence as something external, something that people exuded in their body language, in the way they spoke, or in the certainty of their decisions. To me, a confident person had a poker face and a strong, grounded…
“Chance made us colleagues. Fun and laughter made us friends.” ~Unknown A year into my new job, I realized that the hardest part wasn’t the complexity of the work—it was the culture. The office felt like a maze of silos, each person isolated in their corner. The hierarchy was more than just a structure—it was something everyone was constantly…
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ~Rumi In 2011, my world shattered. My mother passed away, and with her, the fragile scaffolding that held my life together. It wasn’t just grief. It was as if her death unearthed a deep well of pain I had been carrying for years. Looking back, I can see that…
“Contentment has more to do with a heart of joy as life unfolds than it ever will with a life filled with stuff.” ~Kate Summers Recently, an older friend who was no longer able to attend to life without assistance was placed in a senior care facility. From my observance, she seemed content, and her relatives confirmed that when…
“Listen to the wind, it talks. Listen to the silence, it speaks. Listen to the heart, it knows.” ~Native American Wisdom Have you ever felt stuck? Stuck in a business you’ve lost passion for, a job you no longer enjoy, a relationship that no longer fulfills you, or simply stuck in indecision about how to move forward in life?…
The most profound personal growth happens when we stop running from our pain and start listening to what it’s trying to teach us. For years, I didn’t recognize the woman staring back at me in the mirror. Her body felt foreign—betraying her with weight she couldn’t lose, hot flashes that set her skin on fire, and exhaustion so deep,…
