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Connecting Our Disparate Inner Parts
Read more: Connecting Our Disparate Inner PartsA disconnected inner self leads to a chaotic outer world experience in which we feel like we don’t fit in. Feeling like you don’t fit in affects how we act, treat others, and perceive the world around us. The journey towards healing starts with acknowledging and accepting these truths and committing to a lifestyle that…
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The Intoxication of Feedback
Read more: The Intoxication of FeedbackFeedback is like a drug to me, and I’ve been a junkie for it all of my working life. Not just the nice, ‘you’ve done a good job’ kind of feedback, but more of the ‘here’s what you can do better’ variety that gives me something tangible to munch on. Maybe it’s because I never…
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My Journey to Overcoming Adversity
Read more: My Journey to Overcoming AdversityAn adverse birth Life can be such an irony – I was born on the 1st of April, yes April Fool’s Day, and trust me that’s not the worst of it. What a joke, it’s April Fool’s Day and I’m born breech with a parasitic twin, meaning I was born with my underdeveloped twin’s abdominal organs…
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Grateful Fridays: Reflections from this week
Read more: Grateful Fridays: Reflections from this weekToday is my 10 year wedding anniversary. [YAY!!!] A perfect day to reflect not just on the events of this week, but also to look back on the last ten years of partnership with my husband and celebrate how far I/we have come. Here are some things that I am grateful for: My life partner….
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I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up
Read more: I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow upI grew up around friends who knew what they wanted to be. I, on the other hand, had no clue. While I didn’t feel too terrible about it, I did feel like I was missing out on something communal. To get in on the action, I either needed to (1) discover exactly what I wanted…
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My Gratitude Practice
Read more: My Gratitude PracticeIn the middle of last year, I set an intention to manifest a change in my life. I bought a small journal, and on the first page, I penned a letter to my future self, visualizing what I felt I needed to STOP and START doing in order to see that change come to fruition….