“Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.”-Epictetus I march to the beat of my own drum. I’d rather defiantly walk alone than to go along with someone else’s program because everyone else is. My choice to fully commit to being my authentic self isn’t a move to stir the masses, nor is […]
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The Number One Key to Finding Love
“Hope for love, pray for love, wish for love, dream for love…but don’t put your life on hold waiting for love.“ – Mandy Hale If you run a Google search on how to find and keep love, you will become incredibly overwhelmed with several articles. The cute little listicles and slideshows all claim to have […]
Love Me How I Need to be Loved
“You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.” ― Amy Carmichael I was having a conversation with a client recently. She disclosed that she was having issues with her significant other, because he wanted to love her how he wished to. Every time she would attempt to communicate what she needed to feel […]
The Hidden Danger of Expectations
“Feeling like you should be doing something by a certain age will have you miserable. Be yourself unapologetically.” – Hunit Days of Summer Confession. I am a former overachiever. Whenever I committed to doing something, I wanted to ace the hell out of it. It’s as if I viewed life as one big test, and […]
It Isn’t Hard to Meet Someone, It’s Hard to Choose Someone
“It is our choices …that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” J.K. Rowling Everyone talks about how hard it is to find someone. “People aren’t sh*t” and no one is “good enough.” Married folks tell single folks that they have it made, and single folks look over in the yards of […]
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