The other day, I was at the pet food store picking up some (more) treats for my dogs. For some reason, we run out quickly. Anyway, I am particular about the treats I get them. You see, they are my babies and I am going to make sure they are spoiled and live the best,...
Relationships - sometimes they are great and sometimes they are not so great. Are you nodding your head up and down with me? For example, they can fill us with happiness, joy, pleasure, love, excitement or sadness, grief, stress, fear, and anger - to name just a few...
Have you ever been in a situation where someone in your life will not communicate with you - no matter how hard you try? I am going through this right now. There is someone in my life that I love dearly, whom I have tried to reach out to many times, but have received...
I’m in the middle of writing a book. It is something I’ve started and stopped many times. I feel like it's time to complete it. As I was writing, it struck me how far I have come regarding my fertility journey. If you don’t know, I don’t have children. I wanted to...
You may be asking to forgive who? For what? I believe that forgiveness is a powerful practice to incorporate into your life. Let me explain. Sometimes we do or say things that we want to be forgiven for - but instead, we push it aside and tell ourselves it is no big...
Hi, my name is Monica and I am still in recovery from being a people-pleaser. Lately, I’ve been feeling like my people-pleasing tendencies are coming back to the surface. At first, I got a little annoyed with myself. I thought, “Why is this coming back up? I thought I...
The quick answer is no. However, have you been in a situation where you were friends with someone because - you thought you “should” or because you had mutual friends or you didn’t want to be rude - but if you were being honest with yourself you didn’t feel a...
I was catching up on life with a friend that I haven’t seen in a while. She recently left a job she worked at for the past 15 years. I asked her how the transition was and if she kept in touch with friends from her old job. She said no, that since she has left she...
Last time I shared the first 3 steps to loving yourself. They were:1 - Be aware of your inner critic2 - Accept that you have an inner critic3 - Practice self-compassion You can read more about these steps here. Did you take some time to practice and play with these...
Have you thought about this question? How do you love yourself? Is it easy to love yourself or does it take a lot of effort? Maybe the thought of loving yourself feels too far out of reach for you to think about? It’s something...
Recently, I’ve noticed I feel uncomfortable after writing sections for my book. At first, I chalked it up to sometimes writing is just freaking hard to do, so of course I would feel uncomfortable. However, it started happening more and more, and I wanted to figure out...
Recently I started working with a new dog trainer. My dogs are great, but we kind of slacked with our younger dog, Willie, and needed some help. Willie came into our family during lockdown, so we didn't do a good job of socializing him. Because of this, he tends to...
I was on a video call with a group of women who identify as empaths. It was the first time we were meeting. It was a very casual, laid-back format. We started with an ice breaker, introduced ourselves, and shared experiences, books, and thoughts about being highly...
After listening to some episodes of the podcast Mortified, which features adults sharing the embarrassing things they wrote as kids. I decided to look through some of my old journals. I came across some entries from when I was in my mid-20s. It was interesting to...