How to Keep Going After You’ve Given Up
Can you believe we're 3 weeks into January? This means we've passed Quitter's Day. Did you celebrate? Does one celebrate a day that marks the expiration of goals and intentions? I have so many questions... Generally speaking, Quitter's Day takes place on the second...
So You Want to Have a Good Year
Alright, so are you ready for another post about New Year and how to make it awesome? Don't worry, this isn't that post. We're one week into the new year and if you're like most humans, you're already seeing some of that shiny, brand-new-year gleam start to wear off....
How Not To Let Goals Make You Miserable
Guess what? It's that time of year again! You know, when every other post or article you read is about what the heck you're going to do with the bright and shiny, brand-new year stretching out in front of you. First of all, HOW IS IT A NEW YEAR ALREADY? Okay, that's...
Why It’s Worth Knowing the Difference Between Wants and Needs
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means," says Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin) in The Princess Bride, which is, inarguably, The Best Movie of All Time. If you disagree, I'm happy to fight about it. Verbal fisticuffs aside, have you...
Why Needing To Understand Might Not Help
Sometimes, understanding why something has happened, or is happening, can help us to accept what's so and move on. Being able to make sense of something can go a long way in terms of helping us to move through our feelings and move on. Things not going the way we...
How to Forgive Anything
Have you ever struggled with forgiveness? I sure have, though, if I’m being really honest, I find it a lot easier to forgive others than I do myself. Recently, someone very dear to me asked me how I could possibly forgive something that seemed, to her, unforgivable....
What To Do With Fear and Other Feelings
If you're a close friend of mine, you know that there's no point in calling me, because my ringer is always off and I'm not going to answer. You want to get a hold of me? Text me. I'll get back to you, at some point. If you want a quicker response, let me know. I'm...
Why Getting It Right Might Be Getting It Wrong
In my former career, I spent most of my days waiting for approval. Not approval of me as a human (I mean, probably also yes, that too, because of who I am as a person), but approval for marketing and communications plans and materials. I was hired—based on my...
What Self Love Actually Looks Like
Have you ever wondered what self love really means? I sure have. It's a topic that I've understood in theory, but less in practice. In the past, whenever I'd been asked what self love is, I'd get a little uncomfortable and confused, and try to think of things I could...