Exactly one year ago today, I went naked on the internet… figuratively speaking. I wrote a blog post shedding masks I had been carrying for more than a decade. I hit publish, and then…
So you’re in this relationship and every time something goes wrong, whether or not you had anything to do with it, you end up saying Sorry! and taking the blame. Maybe it’s…
I’ve been binge-thinking, about what it means to be broken. Not all personalities binge-think, but mine certainly does. Especially when key aspects of life seem to be operating completely outside my control.…
Every abuse victim has experienced secondary abuse at some point, often related to a warped philosophy of what it means to forgive. Secondary abuse comes from the people who could have made…
As a survivor of abusive marriage who now works with women in the same shoes, I hear more than your average number of horror stories. Before you start casting stones and assuming…
Sometimes, the darkest times require hindsight to become clear. I had brutal pregnancies. I threw up the entire time. I developed complications that landed me in the High Risk Ante-Natal Unit on…
Have you ever looked in the mirror and asked yourself what masks you need to shed? What filters are layered onto your soul, to keep the world from causing pain? Fear. Bitterness. Revenge.…
Flowers are perfect. Clouds are perfect. Babies are perfect. You and me? Not perfect. Not when we try. Not even when our halo seems pretty convincing. Not even when we obsess on it.…
A few weeks ago I spent two days talking about success with business and marketing students at my alma mater. It was an intense experience to walk the halls where I once…