When Mother’s Day is Awkward

This post is about validating the experiences of those who find aspects (or the entirety) of Mother’s Day challenging. Although many people have a beautiful relationship, some people’s relationships with their mothers were/are primarily negative, hurtful, abusive, toxic, and/or otherwise unhealthy.”

Stop Gaming Yourself

What I realized today is that far too often we ignore what we see. Or better yet, I realize that I far too often ignore what I notice because I want to believe the best about a person. And maybe you do it, too.

I’ll Give It To Myself

I admittedly have held the bar too low for myself. I settled. I was in relationships that didn’t feel good. I felt insignificant, undervalued, and optional, and that to them my most basic requests were “asking too much.”