Religious

“Today I want you to think about all that you are instead of all that you are not.” ~Unknown I had done it again. I had managed to talk myself out of doing something because I wasn’t completely certain I would be successful at it. I was an expert at sidelining myself—keeping myself from going […]

In many cultures, food is an expression of love. Sometimes, as was the case for me growing up as a child of immigrants, food might be the only expression of love. My parents were not very affectionate or communicative about love. My dad gives classic awkward-dad hugs, where he pats your back with self-conscious uncertainty

“An empath is a person highly attuned to the feelings and emotions of those around them. Empaths feel what another person is feeling at a deep emotional level.” ~Leah Campbell When I learned the word empath about ten years ago, it felt like the most amazing relief. I thought to myself, yes, that’s me! Finally,

“Sometimes things have to go wrong before they can go right. Sometimes we have to let the wrong people walk out before we allow the right people to walk in. Sometimes we have to feel weak in order to know what it’s like to feel strong. Sometimes you have to be broken to realize you’ll

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” ~Bernard M. Baruch As a young boy, maybe in fourth or fifth grade, I came to the realization that I was an outsider. I didn’t like playing video games after school, I played basketball

“Self-care is also not arguing with people who are committed to misunderstanding you.” ~Ayishat A. Akanbi⠀ It was an early evening in late June of 2020. My housemate and I were eating sushi in our backyard while crickets tuned up for their nightly symphony around us. To our right loomed a voluminous green tree, imposing

A couple years ago, I entered a depressive state as I sat through many long, eventless days while on partial disability due to a bilateral hand injury. I was working one to two hours a day max in my job, per doctor’s orders. The medical experts couldn’t say if or when I would feel better.

Hi friends! Just a quick note to let you know I posted a number of giveaways on Instagram this week, on the posts I shared related to the ​Feel-Good Summer Bundle​, and today is the last day to enter to win. Some of the giveaways are for my gratitude journal, others for my worry journal,

Well, all good things must come to an end, and that time has come for the Feel-Good Summer Bundle Sale. Before I give you one last reminder of all this spectacular bundle has to offer… I’ve always believed in the power of one. One realization can open your mind. One shift in perspective can transform

“Highly sensitive people are too often perceived as weaklings or damaged goods. To feel intensely is not a symptom of weakness, it is the trademark of the truly alive and compassionate.”~Anthon St. Maarten There are some words that get painfully etched into our memories as if with a red-hot poker. For me, growing up, those