#loveyourself

Why We Need You: A Message to Hurting Souls

On September 2, 2019, the world lost a young man to suicide. Unfortunately, this is not a unique story, especially to those in the...

Embracing my mess

For most of my life, I was a perfectionist. My OCD was legendary. I was born into a people-pleasing existence and learned early on to...

How I became a writer

(This post is in response to the prompt “How did you become a writer?” for the DIY MFA Book Club that started today. Click here for more...

What gift do you bring?

A few days ago, as I walked down an aisle in Target, I passed by a woman speaking to a clerk. As I wandered past, the clerk nodded his...

Releasing guilt (or showing it the door)

When we seek to make positive changes in our lives that are in line with our personal truths, others that are close to us may respond in...

Three Things I’ve Learned from Falling Down

We all do it. At some time or other despite our best intentions, we eat food we know will make us miserable, drink more than we intended,...

You’ve got this…

So you had a bad day. The bad day to beat all bad days. A spirit-breaking, heart-aching bad day. The good news is that your today is not...

Unwelcome Houseguest

I have this acquaintance I’ve known for many years. She comes to visit from time to time. It is never what I would call a pleasant visit,...