3 Tips to Kick-Start Your Emotional Intelligence
“Emotional intelligence” seems like a big, vague term. To put it in practical terms, it’s knowing your emotions and having a way to manage them for your best health and growth. I don’t know about …
How I Hit Bottom and Why I Want to Save You from that Fate
As a child growing up in a chaotic household, with a great deal of emotional uncertainty, I learned to stuff my feelings and struggled with depression and anxiety. I developed self-hatred and turned to romantic …
The Hole in Your Soul and How to Fix It
What drives us to romantic relationships for love and validation? There’s a hole in our souls. And we’re trying to fill it. The hole is a spiritual and psychological wound. Somewhere, somehow, we learned to …
Fight the Bad Guy: Self-Hatred
To feel good or better about ourselves, we need to suit up as our inner superhero and take on the bad guy: Self-Hatred. But there are so many barriers in the way to loving ourselves …
Reclaim Your Inner Superhero to Rescue Your Own Life
If you’ve been obsessively seeking a person, event, or achievement to validate your worth, you can stop now. You are the only one with the power to claim your happiness, confidence, and serenity at any …
My Transformation Story
I hit my lowest emotional point ever when I broke up (for LAST time) with my alcoholic boyfriend and realized that HE was not the problem, I WAS THE PROBLEM. I was never going to have …
Claim Your Inner Superhero
You are your own superhero! You have the power to save your own life. If you’ve been looking outside yourself for the solution, stop. Start looking within. For a long time, I looked outside to …
Serenity Challenge: Don’t Take This Personally!
Try this serenity challenge: Stop Taking Things Personally! Can you do it? Where are you on the continuum of taking everything personally versus staying emotionally detached? I used to take EVERYTHING personally. My sense of …
Can You Relate to Self-Hate? Don’t Let it Be Your Fate
Do you relate to self-hate? You do not have to stay there. If hating yourself is a familiar pastime, this post has some ideas for changing your fate. I have spent a good deal (far …
Do You Beat Yourself Up? 4 Ways to Stand up to the Inner Bully
One of the worst enemies of serenity is beating ourselves up for our mistakes. We develop an inner bully who rules our every move. This post offers 4 ways to stand up to the inner bully. …
