I’ll never forget the way my dad looked at me when he said: You have so much to be proud of. I wish you could see it. My heart breaks every time I hear someone I love put themselves down. But I get it. I was once that person, too. The person who didn’t...
I just got home from a trip to LA where I got to see my family — parents, brother, sister-in-law, nephew, grandparents, aunts, uncles….some of whom I hadn’t seen for over two years (which is very out of the ordinary for me). My grandparents, who are...
Two weeks ago, I finally turned in the keys to our old studio apartment. Keys I should have turned in weeks ago. We had a month’s worth of a lease overlap and so I held on because…well, because. Because I have a tough time letting go. Because I struggle moving...
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 though. Vortexes suck up tears and numbness...
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 you. I believe in your heart, your...
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