All of us want the same thing in life. We want to feel loved. We want to feel appreciated. We want to feel like we matter. If we’re aware of it or not, we spend most of our lives trying to figure out how to feel loved. We spend the majority of our lives searching […]
“You’re useless. You’re pathetic. You never get anything right. You’re a failure. You’re stupid. Nobody likes you.” Feelings of unworthiness are vicious monsters that lurk in the dark, waiting to pounce on us during our weakest moments. (Photo by Joshua Rawson Harris) The self-admonishing, cruel tyrant in our minds can be so harsh and so […]
(Photo: Aditiya Saxena) Many years ago, a pesky, nagging thought taunted me, circling around and around in my mind. What if I miss the boat and arrive at the end of my life without ever knowing what I was meant to do? What is my purpose? If this sounds like you, or you feel uninspired […]
So far, 2020 has done a wickedly stellar job at painfully jabbing at our buried fears. No other year in recent memory has collectively triggered us so deeply and so relentlessly. What if I told you that you could put all this fear, anxiety and worry to good use? What if you could use the […]
(Photo: Amadeo Valar) Lost in the Darkness Sitting in a grassy park overlooking the water, I soaked up the spring sunshine and settled into a much-needed catch-up with a girlfriend. The self-isolating, social-distancing, homeschooling, shutdown-of-all-things-we-love saga had taken a toll on all of us. As my friend spoke, I noticed the exasperation in her eyes […]
(Photo: Dakota Corbin) I will never forget my first Mother’s Day. My first-born daughter was four months old. My husband gifted me a silver bracelet adorned with a heart charm and the letter T (the first letter of our infant’s name). On that first Mother’s Day in 2011, I felt honoured, validated and loved. […]
Love Yourself and Accept Yourself Are there times when that negative voice in your mind sucks you down into a dark hole, telling you that you’re unworthy or unlovable? Are there days when you feel unappreciated or alone? Do you long to love yourself and accept yourself? I know what this feels like. I suspect […]
(Photo by David Brooke Martin) Globally, we are living through some difficult, highly-emotional and fear-riddled times. As the pandemic spreads across mountains and oceans, our fear expands too. Left unchecked, fear can contaminate our thoughts, blur our perceptions and smother our spirits. Despite the shit show that is unfolding around us, I really need you […]
(Photo credit: Donovan Reeves on Unsplash) Fear. It’s something that we have all experienced. Like a champion wrestler, fear can put us in a head lock, squeezing the zest out of us. A master thief that steals the passion and adventure from our lives. Fear keeps us feeling stuck and confused. Or in denial and […]
On a beautiful spring evening 15 years ago, I experienced an epiphany that rocked me to my core. Sitting in the front row of a book-signing event, I watched as the author stepped onto the stage. Wearing a crisp white blouse and a tidy ponytail, she struck me as an individual who had her life […]
