The biggest enemies of willpower: temptation, self-criticism, and stress… These three skills —self-awareness, self-care, and remembering what matters most— are the foundation for self-control. – Kelly McGonigal, The Willpower Instinct There’s a reason the road to success is unpaved. It if was a nice walk, everyone would be on it. There’s a reason only a […]
1.If it feels wrong, don’t do it “Study the hurtful patterns of your life. Then don’t repeat them.” – Yasmin Mogahed Women’s intuition is a powerful force. It tells us something is wrong before our brain can register the threat. It’s important to listen to our gut feelings. A way to gain control of your life […]
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. A day in which we honor a man who dedicated his life to the civil rights movement. A day in which we celebrate a man who refused to give up before the government would give in. There is a woman, however, that should also be acknowledged on this day. […]
“I was trying to explain my situation to myself. My situation was that I was in pain and nobody knew it, even I had trouble knowing it. So I told myself, over and over, You are in pain. It was the only way I could get through to myself. I was demonstrating externally and irrefutably […]
“Don’t let your habits become handcuffs.” – Elizabeth Berg I have a lot of bad habits. Like most bad habits, they’re self-destructive. However, they’re not the kind of nasty compulsions people visualize when they hear bad habits. There’s no smoking, excessive drinking or drugs. It’s not biting my nails or chewing my lips (even though I […]
This is the first Full Moon of the new year. This January New Moon is often referred to as the Wolf Moon, and oh how our soul will howl. We are out of 2016, but there is still karma being burnt off – be patient. Mercury has left its hold in retrograde, and went direct […]
We can all agree that love is different for every person and we experience different types of love in different relationships. When we look back on past relationships, we sometimes wonder if what we experienced, was in fact, love at all. Sometimes we wonder how we can still be in love with someone who was […]
I don’t know about you, but I have a tendency to over analyze. The smallest things will not just throw off the day, but bleed into the next. I’m paranoid, insecure and borderline neurotic. But I’m a good person. I have a good heart and even better good intentions. So why do I let the smallest missteps […]