Gut-wrenching pain. It’s unavoidable and part of the human experience.
And for many, they carry the baggage of the experience with them for the rest of their lives and into new relationships. Oftentimes causing a repeat of the past.
This baggage, this:
prevents progress and true healing.
The hurtful words hurled are often rehearsed until … Read more...
I was going through the archives and rediscovered a speaking promo for a presentation I gave called Keeping Sane.
This was at least three years ago and was the perfect narrative after Hurricane Harvey unleashed its wrath on the State of Texas. Especially Houston.
After reports of health care workers taking their own lives and people ready to get out … Read more...
I’m the last person to act brand new or clutch a set of pearls during this current crisis we all find ourselves in. And my guess is, neither are you.
We all go through tough times—experiencing seasons of loss and hardship. It’s life. But how you handle these times is everything.
Since this isn’t my first rodeo, I wanted to … Read more...
For some, this is the first time you’ve had to spend extended time at home with the entire family. You’re balancing work from home, the kids, maybe even your parents and your significant other.
It’s the first time you’ve had to spend 24/7 with everybody and it’s not a family vacation.
And undoubtedly, someone is bound to get on someone’s … Read more...
The past three years have prepared me for this moment.
Or at least giving me a good crash course on what it is to redefine normal.
Three years ago, my mother passed away after a lengthy illness.
No lie, it was tough readjusting to life without her. I had been … Read more...
With COVID-19 moving employees away from the office and into their homes for a dose of social distancing, many parents find themselves working from home with the kids.
And every entrepreneur who works from home knows that running a business has its own set of unique challenges when you’re by yourself. Add school-aged children, the dog, and two cats, and … Read more...
True story. I started my business out of necessity. I had just left a nice job at a nonprofit organization for what I thought was a bigger and better opportunity with a new home builder. It was 2008 and the housing market was hot. Well, you know the story. The bottom fell out of the market and so did my … Read more...
I’ve been thinking a lot about community lately and how being embedded in one can change one’s life. For better or for worse.
Some communities can eat away at your soul and self-worth and believe it or not, it can be difficult leaving those spaces. Especially if it’s the only family or community you know. To abandon it would mean … Read more...
I remembering sharing with someone how the emotional eater doesn’t eat out of hunger. There’s no physical trigger that eludes to the fact that the body needs nourishment. Emotional eaters eat from a different place and it’s not hunger.
As someone who has been an emotional eater for a good solid three decades, in a moment of clarity it dawned … Read more...
When you are a woman living with fibroids, many are accustomed to wearing the longest and most absorbent pad on the market or a combination of a super heavy rated tampon and corresponding pad. When a friend jokingly said she goes through two pads a day, I honestly hated her for just a moment and pondered what life would be … Read more...
