If a text being left on “delivered” was a crime, I’d be warden of the prison, holding captive the ghosts of yesteryear.. or rather.. quite literally.. yesterday. In a world of choices— we don’t want to be treated like an option, and yet… it is the reality we live in. I always thought it wasContinue reading “Wading Through the Murky Waters of Wishy-Washy Wishful Thinking”
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Add Life to Your Life
This past month as been a whirlwind in the best way. I had the amazing opportunity to serve alongside my friends who are the founders of a uniquely designed, ethically made clothing company. A month ago they were offered the opportunity to take their online store to an on-site location in downtown Kansas City Missouri,Continue reading “Add Life to Your Life”
Caring with Courage
I’ll be honest, caring for others can be exhausting. So exhausting in fact that we do it with such a passive attitude that could make the ones we care about question the depths of how much we care. I’m my own worst critic in this area, but I’ve also observed one critical quote that isContinue reading “Caring with Courage”
Being the First to Apologize
I am someone who avoided conflict for a really long time before I figured out how to get good at it. And by “good at it”, I mean embracing the uncomfortable in order to establish clarity. I don’t mind being temporarily uncomfortable if it means I can be better for it for myself and theContinue reading “Being the First to Apologize”
The 5 Ways To Know You’re in the Wrong Relationship
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”
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…”
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””
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”
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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