Everyone has fears. I know I do. I don’t know what happened. When I was little, I was this wild-eyed, barefoot tomboy unafraid of everything. Now I am a grown woman who is afraid of just about everything. Fear Blinded Me to My Own Success Recently, my friend told me he was really proud of me [...]
For the past year, I have been drowning in a sea of self-imposed guilt. Guilt over what you ask? Well, you name it, and I have been feeling bad about it. I have been telling myself a story that I am a lousy mother, a bad daughter, a terrible writer, and pretty much awful at anything [...]
Many of us grew up independent with a sense of pride in taking care of ourselves. I was like that, always fine going it alone and figuring things out the best way I could. I would never ask for help from anyone, ever. No Choice But to Ask for Help Then a few years ago, I [...]
Humans are complex creatures, but we as a society have gotten into a terrible habit of quickly judging and reducing people to good or evil. I am sometimes guilty of seeing in terms of black and white myself. Mirroring Real Life While watching a TV show the other night, I became acutely aware of some dominant [...]
