3 Ways to Reach Your Goals, Strengthen Your Self-Direction, and Set Yourself Up For Success
I just got off a call with my therapist — my first session with her since June 2023. My decision to press pause for a few months was less about desire and more about focus. I had such strict deadlines to hit — a preorder campaign! A pub date! A launch cabaret! — 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 tell ourselves that we were actually excited....
How To Actually Apologize (from a Highly Sensitive Person + Chronic Over-Apologizer)
You’ve heard it thrice already before breakfast. In line for coffee. When you hold the door. An arm brushes against you unexpectedly at work. The yogi next to you scoots their mat a few inches to the right to make space. It’s a crowded class and knocks your...
Ghost Worries: The Fear of What *Might* Happen.
I am high-strung. It’s not that I’m not easygoing or that I’m quick to argue – not in the least. My high-strungness manifests in waves…or rather, in jolting earthquakes that eventually rumble themselves out. My high-strungness comes in the form of Ghost...
From Zilla to Chill-a: What To Do When You’re Feeling Overwhelmed (…By The Good Things)
Everything is going great. Nothing is going wrong. There’s so much good going on. I am so excited to get married. And, I am so. overwhlemed. I always used to wonder why soonlyweds got so -zilla’d out over wedding planning. Sure, if there are big glitches,...
