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A year ago, I found out my uncle was dying from cancer and that he only had another year, maybe a year and a half to live. My mom was the one who told me, and as my journal describes, I had a hard time with the manner in which she spoke of such a…

From what I’ve heard from many around me, in 2022, life got… let’s say ‘pretty darn deep’ for a lot of us. This journal is a short one. I half laughed reading it, because things totally did get crazier. But good news, I made it out alive! I can’t quite say I handled all the…

In my journal below, I discuss the idea of self-love and its importance on our healing journeys. That said, though I touch on it a bit, I’d like to say one more thing about the idea between self-love and selfishness. Self-love often gets a bad rap in today’s world, because some see it as selfish.…

Reading through this one gave me goosebumps. Last year, I was blessed to have met a woman who was so vulnerable in sharing her experience being in an abusive relationship. I had no idea her story would affect me like it did–that I would relate so strongly. We two women are far from the only…

I wrote this entry after having a difficult conversation with a friend where I realized my beliefs were triggering her pain. I had no intention of hurting her, and the difficult feeling I had was that I felt the only way not to hurt her, or to help ease her pain was to relinquish my…

During a Toastmasters meeting, one of the members gave a speech about Enlightened Self-Interest. Like most others in the room, I hadn’t heard of the term before. The speaker prompted us to consider what we thought it meant, and I found the exercise super thought-provoking, especially once she explained what it really meant. So what…

Reading back over this journal entry made me so proud! I was all concerned around how a potential future employer might judge me for not adhering to beauty standards. But as I journaled, I became clear about my boundaries and clear around what I wanted in the job. And guess what?! I came away from…

Unfortunately, it’s not so common to find people who are truly good at balancing work productivity and taking time for self-care in a long-term way… or in any way for that matter. And those you do find, they’ve often had to do some real digging to figure it out. (Aka, yours truly!) Whether currently or…

As a millennial, growing up I oftentimes constructed these stories in my head, based on how I perceived my reality, where I felt like I was being treated like Cinderella or Rapunzel. Essentially, I was very good at constructing the victim mindset. In this journal, I became aware of one of my patterns around when…

I feel like burnout has become a relatively common thing these days–at one level or another. And that’s not hard to imagine since our skewed ideas around success and general lack of self-care leave us without much immunity towards it. Of course, once you’ve experienced burnout, it’s the last thing you want to go through…