THE WANT LIBRARY
Our full library of blog posts, filled with tips, tools, motivation, and inspiration to shift your self-talk
THE WANT LIBRARY
Our full library of blog posts, filled with tips, tools, motivation, and inspiration to shift your self-talk
On Beating Overwhelm – Or, A Formal Apology To The Time Known As “Dawn”
It all just feels so much more complicated now than it has in the past, doesn't it? Or maybe it's always felt this complicated, we've just been too distracted to notice... The dictionary definition overwhelm - "to...
The Joy Tab.
Last Saturday I hit a breaking point. Or whatever you want to call those moments these days where it just all feels like too much and not enough simultaneously. A vortex of feeling. A black hole of numbness. No tears...
How To Keep Your Good Going.
About seven months ago, I wrote: Well. We're not there yet. But it feels like our New Normal is close. Can you feel it too? And hopefully, it will be a New Normal that’s been needed for a good long time. I believe in...
I Am A Political Person.
I found something I wrote back in February 2016 the other day that began “I’m not a political person, but...” Oof. Cringe-worthy. I AM a political person. Always have been. We ALL are. But I knew why I said that. ~...
How To Harness Positivity When Everything Feels Like A Dumpster Fire
(...and the dumpster was filled with rancid milk and rotting broccoli and dog poop bags.) WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, my theater teacher used to tell us that instead of saying we were nervous before a show, we should...
Pod From The Heart: 5 Podcasting Tips To Start (And Maintain!) A Successful Show
“You should start a podcast. In a few years everyone’s gonna be doing them. If you want to, now’s the time. But you know, also, don’t do it if you don’t want to.” Sitting in a café in Silverlake across from my friend...
Transitions, Turning Points, Seasons, and Google Cal.
I’ve always loved transitions - especially the ones that happen in September. I'd turn another year older, my favorite TV shows would start back up (no more Summer reruns!), and school would finally, finally be in...
The Self-Talk Shift For When You’re Feeling Behind Everyone Else In Life
True or False: I'm able to distance myself from what other people are doing and avoid the comparison trap. Maybe you think I'm not affected by ‘what other people are doing' because all of my work is about being...
Feeling Myself: On Touch + Body Image
Jessica Rabbit once famously said, "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." Self-talk isn't inherently good or bad, positive or negative - it's all information. It's how we view that self-talk that determines if it's on...
Taking Your Self Off The Sidelines: Why Shifting Your Self-Talk Matters.
I first conceived of WANT: Women Against Negative Talk back in 2007. It was born out of my own personal pain, and my own simultaneous a-ha moments that a) conscious and unconscious negative self-talk was what held so...
You Must Imagine.
A story. Last year on our trip to Italy, we visited the ruins of Pompeii. As our tour guide gestured toward the empty rooms and half-demolished ovens and sprawling town squares, she invited us into the ancient world by...
What She’s Taught Me: A Thank-You Note On Motherhood
DEAR MOMS, I'm sure you’ve heard it before. Maybe a little, maybe a lot. Maybe it’s been forced or routine. But this is a different kind of thank you. An honest thank you, to all mothers, biological AND emotional, a...
