An Unhappy Mother’s Day Tribute

This post is about validating the experiences of those who find aspects (or the entirety of) Mother’s Day challenging, because the relationships we had/have with our mothers was/is painful. It took a lot of courage to write this, after the many years of having people invalidate my experience, but today something shifted in me, andContinue reading “An Unhappy Mother’s Day Tribute”

I Am Not You

It’s nothing wrong with doing it my way. (Even as I wrote that I almost changed the words to “There’s nothing wrong” because of that one 🙄 person who’s going to read it and critique the wording. I find myself in my head editing for this imaginary critical person all the time. I constantly haveContinue reading “I Am Not You”

Calm Down & Listen for Inner Guidance

I won’t say how long it’s been going on. I’ll just say that far too long my life has been run by anxiety and panic. I know, it doesn’t necessarily fit with the whole #empowerment thing, but why do you think empowering others is so important to me? Living in a state of constant anxietyContinue reading “Calm Down & Listen for Inner Guidance”