5 Quotes for Hard Times (and a Free Ebook)
Sometimes everything feels like too much, and it’s hard to use all the valuable lessons you’ve learned when life requires you to use them all at once. It’s also easy…
The Pressure to Dream Big and the Beauty of Wanting Less
“What if I accept that all I really want is a small, slow, simple life? A beautiful, quiet, gentle life. I think it is enough.” ~Krista O’Reilly-Davi-Digui Why do we…
The Feeling We Forgot… Until This Trip Brought It Back
After 3 weeks in Bali… it might’ve shaken everything we think about our lifestyle, work, and where we want to live. For a bit of context, we left our home…
The Seven Strengths: A Rare Free Training
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about how easy it is to feel overwhelmed—by the news, by life, by everything we’re carrying day to day. I know I’ve been feeling…
If You Feel Lonely Around People, Here’s Why
“The loneliness of the connected age is not about being alone. It’s about being unseen in a crowd.” ~Unknown For a long time I thought I was broken. Not in…
When Self-Awareness Turns into Overthinking and How to Stop
“Be gentle with yourself. You’re doing the best you can.” ~Unknown For years, I believed self-awareness was the answer to everything. If I could just understand myself better—my triggers, my…
How to Tend to Yourself When Being Vulnerable Feels Raw
“Vulnerability is the only path through the wall that separates us from each other.” ~Brené Brown Every time I share something deeply personal—an article, a post, a piece of my…
Growing Up Without a Family: From Survival Mode to Thriving
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ~C. S. Lewis I started life in a poor household with…
Escaping an Abusive Situation: The Hardest Parts and Greatest Lessons
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ~Rumi I watched my son get hit by his father, and something inside me finally broke open. Not broke apart.…
Gratitude: The Amazing Superpower Inside Us All
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” ~Marcus Aurelius Gratitude. It used to…