No matter how many likes, hearts, or comments you get, you are enough. Yes. You are. We’ve always lived in a world where we’ve compared ourselves with others; the problem is now we have ample data to measure our comparisons. If we get less engagement than we want on a post, we feel like we…More
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One of the best ways to become happy
More. It’s one of the greatest lies there is. More money, more sex, more friends, more cars, more education, more this, more that will help me be happy, fulfilled, feel better about myself. But it never does. Yes, More can bring happiness. But it’s there; then it’s not. It’s a flash, a moment. Then it’s…More
Sometimes rest is the best thing for your work
We want to succeed, improve our work, write better. So we grind away, working more, harder, believing that’s what we should do. But that’s wrong. Yes, we need to work hard. And yes, that often equates to long hours, dogged days, grinding away. Yet, there are times when no matter how many hours you put…More
One of the most powerful things you can do for yourself: Forgive
We all make mistakes, and we forgive others. But often forgiving ourselves is harder. But we must. Do you know what I’m talking about? It’s that thing you did or continue doing that you can’t release and forgive yourself. Instead, you punish. I know all about that. Defiance marked my teenage face, as I screamed…More
Do you know how valuable you really are?
You are more valuable than you think you are, believe you are. Even with all of your mistakes, guilt, shame, sin, flaws, and failures, you are worth more than all of the gold in the world. The people who told you you are worthless lied to you. They spoke out of their shame and lack…More
How change can make the best of you now
Change is scary. But we can learn to face it and turn it to our advantage. The reason we fear change is because we can’t control it. It often happens to us. And we see it as adversarial: Change is the enemy and is messing with my life. Change is changing what I don’t want…More
A love poem to the haters
To the haters, It’s tempting to want to hate you back. But that’s useless. It won’t help anything. All it does is perpetuate the hate between us. And that’s foolish. Instead, I will say that I love you. I feel for you and with you. I sense your pain. Isn’t that what causes the hate…More
Feeling amazing one bite at a time
I love meat. I always have. But now I’m a vegetarian. Why? It’s simple: I feel amazing. For decades, I felt terrible. Chronic pain in my back, legs, and joints plagued me. But here’s the crazy thing, I accepted it as my fate, thinking that feeling that badly was my normal. Being tired, experiencing pain,…More
I want you to be happy
Last week, I read about Jeff Bezos buying a three-floor penthouse apartment in Manhattan for eighty million dollars. And when I did, I felt something. What was it? Envy. Maybe you can relate? But it wasn’t the apartment, for me, no. What does one do with twelve bedrooms and seventeen thousand square feet? I haven’t…More
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