The Importance of Setting Strong, Healthy Boundaries
“If you love yourself, it doesn’t matter if other people don’t like you because you don’t need their approval to feel good about yourself.” ~Lori Deschene I spent my whole…
4 Fears That Create People-Pleasers and How to Ease Them
“It feels good to be accepted, loved, and approved of by others, but often the membership fee to belong to that club is far too high of a price to…
The Dangers of Safety and How to Live Fully
“A ship in a harbor is safe, but that’s not what a ship is built for.” ~John Augustus Shedd Growing up in the Midwest in a traditional family steeped in…
What Migraines Have Taught Me About Being Vulnerable
“Vulnerability is the core, the heart, the center, of meaningful human experiences.” ~Brené Brown, Daring Greatly Migraines. I’ve had them since I was five years old. Sometimes they’re bad, sometimes…
Healing from Chronic Fatigue: The Amazing Impact of Self-Compassion
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” ~Dalai Lama In my mid-thirties, my active and adventuresome life as a broadcast…
How I Changed My Life by Becoming a Thought Snob
“Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world. ~Wayne Dyer Driving home from another visit to the pediatrician, Mother reiterated how puny…
The Breakthrough That Helped Me Stop Comparing Myself to Others
“Comparison is the thief of joy.” ~Theodore Roosevelt In March 2020, the UK went into its first Covid lockdown, and the country was swept with anxiety and sadness. When would…
Shadow Parts: How to Recognize and Release Them
“When we are aware of our weaknesses or negative tendencies, we open the opportunity to work on them.” ~Allan Looks Last year, I took my then-six-year-old son to a kite…
