Desires, when left unattended to, curl up deep in the pit of your core.  At first, they may wriggle uncomfortably and clang around, but then, after a period of time, they calm, turning in on themselves and seething quietly. Until, finally, still and unanswered, they atrophy as your attention is directly elsewhere. In my experience, no … Read more

I am a reforming rule follower. A recovering control freak. I am almost always in the constant state of reminding myself to unclench my fists, relax my shoulders, and stop white-knuckling my life.  This is how I survived for many years. I achieved at energetically reading a crowd and morphing myself into whatever I thought … Read more

The truth of the matter is: sometimes it is really hard to love yourself. Sometimes, you wake up and nothing in your closet fits. Sometimes, you get triggered and respond by yelling and screaming and stomping around… and then panic about being unlovable… which makes you feel even less lovable. Sometimes, people are mean to you … Read more

I woke up this morning and read this post about hard things you need to do in order to be successful. And since then, I’ve been thinking about the word hard.  I don’t necessarily agree with the concepts put forth in the article, but it did make me pause to think about the hard things that … Read more