It’s easy to stay in a relationship when you know you’re with the wrong person. Sometimes we prefer to be with the wrong person because that seems better than being alone with the lies of inadequacy that are so easy to believe. But that’s just it: you’re either constantly being reminded that you’re not goodContinue reading “The 5 Ways To Know You’re in the Wrong Relationship”
Monthly Archives: December 2021
When Your Favorite Christmas Present Comes From an Ex…
10 years ago today I was spending Christmas with my boyfriend and his family in the suburbs of Chicago. We had only began dating a few days before Thanksgiving but we quickly figured out that what we had was something special. While he went to his Freshman year of college in Ohio, and I wasContinue reading “When Your Favorite Christmas Present Comes From an Ex…”
The Peril of Pouring from an Empty Cup
“I’ve given all that I have and now I don’t have anything left of myself for me!” She blubbered through her tears. My good friend continues to struggle with the dichotomy of being “selfish” in meeting her own needs because of how it can interfere with her selfless desire of meeting the needs of thoseContinue reading “The Peril of Pouring from an Empty Cup”
God is Still in the Business of Doing the Miraculous
When my grandma passed away in February 2019 to say I was devastated would be the understatement of the decade. This powerfully faithful woman was in continuous prayer over her children, grandchildren, family and friends her entire life. She was in stage 3 Kidney failure for over 30 years and as her numbers would dropContinue reading “God is Still in the Business of Doing the Miraculous”
Grieving the “Right Relationship”
There’s something about the holidays that emphasizes singleness. It starts at Halloween and doesn’t end until Valentine’s Day. Literally 1/3 of the year emphasizes being paired up with someone. And social media emphasizes the perceived “happiness” and “fulfillment”—but whether that happiness you see on social media is rooted in reality is an entirely different story.Continue reading “Grieving the “Right Relationship””
Alone With My Thoughts
It’s a unique experience isn’t it? The thoughts that run through your mind when you’re alone. The what if’s, could be’s, should I’s and rabbit holes of our minds is a plate of spaghetti with no beginning, no end just a big tangled saucy knot of thoughts. Being alone gives you the ability to makeContinue reading “Alone With My Thoughts”
Forgetting My First Choice
My social life growing up was less than ideal. I had a huge yearn for friends— not just “school friends” but the school friends who became “good friends” or even “BFFs” by hanging out over the weekend. When those opportunities rarely came, I settled on the attention I received by being the one that peopleContinue reading “Forgetting My First Choice”
My {REAL} Strange Addiction
You’ve heard of the show called My Strange Addiction, right? There’s an episode dedicated to a lady who’s addicted to chalk, another episode of a guy who is addicted to eating glass, and another that follows a husband and wife duo who are addicted to coffee enemas. 😳 These people show us what their livesContinue reading “My {REAL} Strange Addiction”
6 Steps Toward Empathetic Understanding
If you’re anything like me, I have a need to verbally process my thoughts and feelings. Keeping my thoughts and feelings inside of my brain just … 6 Steps Toward Empathetic Understanding
6 Steps Toward Empathetic Understanding
If you’re anything like me, I have a need to verbally process my thoughts and feelings. Keeping my thoughts and feelings inside of my brain just means I’m avoiding the reality that they are all jumbled up into this messy plate of spaghetti where no organization or resolution can happen. I’m spinning my wheels, butContinue reading “6 Steps Toward Empathetic Understanding”
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