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...
Everyone is unique. I’m unique. You’re unique. Do you truly believe that? Have you thought about what makes you unique? So great if you have. However, when you’ve thought about it, are you proud of your uniqueness? Do you embrace what makes you unique or have you...
This past week I was watching a show and one of the main characters died. It was tragic. It was unexpected. She was young. It got me super emotional. I cried. Yesterday, I was watching the news and there was a story about a dog shelter and how there has been an...
I was thinking about this question the other day. What if they never change? I was talking with a friend that struggles with her relationship with her mom. She explained how over the years she has been constantly pushing her feelings down and making pretend that...
Do you hold back how you truly feel? Do you know how you truly feel? Take this moment to take a deep breath in with me. Drop your shoulders. Relax your jaw, open and stretch your mouth. Now check in with how you are feeling. Was it easy or difficult to connect to...
Have you ever been infatuated with someone or something? You know, borderline obsessed? A friend was talking about her teenage daughter who is currently infatuated with her on-again, off-again boyfriend. Her daughter cannot see how poorly this boy treats her. She...
We were spending the weekend in the mountains with some friends and their infant son. We were waiting to be seated at a restaurant when this older man turned to my friend, looked at her baby in the car seat, and said, “You need to cover up your baby better, it’s a...
After over 2 years - they finally talked to me! This is a person I spoke about in a previous post “What if they won’t talk to you?” It just so happened that I was visiting the state where this person lives. It's been a while since I've tried to reach out, so I debated...
If you do - here it is. I give you permission to forgive yourself. That is what I wanted to say to a friend I was talking with the other day. She was sharing with me how upset she was with herself for how she reacted to dealing with infertility and for having a...
Do you ever get sad, for what seems like no reason? I do. It happened to me recently. I felt sad and was not sure why. It just so happened that my husband left to go out of town right when I was feeling this way. At first, I thought it was bad timing because that...
Recently I have been having many conversations with women that are struggling in their relationships, particularly in their marriages. They feel like they are no longer on the same page as their spouse. They express how much they love and care for their significant...