How Following Someone Else’s Path Can Lead to Depression
“Your anger? It’s telling you where you feel powerless. Your anxiety? It’s telling you that something in your life is off balance. Your fear? It’s telling you what you care…
Want to Change Your Life? Draw the “You” You Want to Be
“You are not too old and it is not too late.” ~Unknown In less than a month, I’ll be hitting a major “milestone” birthday. I quit my full-time job six…
Renew your Mind with a Mental Spring Clean
Spring is the season for new beginnings, a time to renew and recharge. But more importantly just as we do a regular ‘spring clean’ of our home to declutter our personal…
5 Important Life Skills I Learned in Grief After My Husband Died
“Sit with it. Sit with it. Sit with it. Sit with it. Even though you want to run. Even when it’s heavy and difficult. Even though you’re not quite sure…
How Single-Tasking Can Decrease Your Stress and Improve Your Mood
“The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.” ~Samuel Smiles I am a recovering multitasker. I’m sure you know what multitasking is—it is…
5 Simple Tricks to Let Go the Burden of Feeling Happy
“Happiness is like being cool, the harder you try, the less it is going to happen. So stop trying. Start living” ~ Mark Manson I am a lucky person. In…
Rethinking Masculinity: Why I Want More Than Bachelor Parties and Football
“Patriarchy is the expression of the immature masculine. It is the expression of Boy psychology, and, in part, the shadow—or crazy—side of masculinity. It expresses the stunted masculine, fixated at…
Was I An Overachiever or Really Just Trying to Prove My Worth?
“I spend an insane amount of time wondering if I’m doing it right. At some point I just remind myself that I’m doing my best. That is enough.” ~Myleik Teele…
How I’ve Stopped Attracting One-Sided Relationships That Leave Me Feeling Empty
“Curiosity will save your soul.” ~Danielle LaPorte When I was a young girl about age five, my mother volunteered weekly at a nursing home. Because she was a stay-at-home mom, I…