How to Deal with Disappointment When Life Lets You Down
In one way or another, disappointment touches all of us. It’s one of those universal life experiences that no one, no matter how hard they try, can get out of.
The Silent Treatment: 10 Tips for Surviving the Quiet Storm in Your Relationship
My husband and I have very different fighting styles. I am the reactionary fighter, while my husband is the passive aggressive one. When we fight, I completely shut down. I can’t help it. I can go days on end without uttering a single word, and the more hurt I feel, the deeper and longer the […]
I Tried a 21-Day Sugar Detox, Here’s What Happened
When I entered the workplace, and got into the routine of an office environment, I began to put on serious weight. I had become accustomed to the office lifestyle of eating out too often, stressing too much, and exercising too little.
10 Affirmations to Help You Feel Inspired & Manage the Stress and Anxiety of Day-To-Day Life
Affirmations are short, key phrases based on a universal truth or guiding principle. They are powerfully intentioned words meant to align your subconscious desires with your conscious thoughts.
10 Past Regrets to Forgive Your Younger Self For
“Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it.” – Maya Angelou I use to think my 20s were the most wasted decade of my life. It was a period in my life that started with so much promise, yet ended with so much disappointment and unrealized potential. The missed opportunities […]
5 Reasons Why Therapy Didn’t Work For Me and How You Can Get The Most From It
My journey with therapy started back in my early 20s and lasted well over a decade. Other than a few intermittent breaks due to a big move or major life event, I remained committed.
6 Practical Self-Care Tips for the Busy Career Woman
I use to not really be that into the whole self-care movement. I know, bad way to start a post on self-care. It wasn’t that I hated those who are always espousing the benefits of self-care, it’s just that I was so busy working a full-time job that was unforgiving in its schedule, that I […]
How Accepting My Past Helped Me Accept Myself
I grew up feeling disconnected from myself, and oftentimes from life itself. It’s not that I necessarily knew anything was wrong with me, or my family, it was just that I always had a sense that I was a bit a part from everything.
How I Learned to Cope with my Biggest Trigger
When I experienced my first emotional trigger, I had no idea what it was, or what was happening to me. The day had started normal enough. I showed up to work for a job I had just started several weeks earlier, and before the day was out, I had lost my job.
4 Ways To Feel Better When You’re Feeling Down
Few people understand how hard it is to get up and do something when you’re feeling down, depressed, and broken, but I do. Those kind of days can be utterly devastating, especially when it happens to fall on a day when you had so much planned.