• Saturday, December 27, 2025
When It’s Time to Let People Go: How I’ve Lightened My Emotional Load

“Love yourself unbearable to let go of the people, thoughts, and habits that are weighing you down.” ~Karen SalmansohnMore than a year ago I started unpacking and cleaning out my

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8 Signs You’re Carrying Deep Shame and How to Start to Heal

“If you put shame in a petri dish, it needs three ingredients to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put the same value of shame in the petri

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Embrace a Moment of Space: 5 Easy Ways to Create a Daily Meditation Habit

“Meditation is choosing not to engage in the drama of the mind but elevating the mind to its highest potential.” ~Amit RayIf you’re reading this and you follow Tiny Buddha,

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How I Found My Worth in Spite of My Father’s Abandonment

“Because if I myself saw my worth, I wouldn’t wiring my worthiness on someone else’s seeing it.” ~UnknownI can’t be sure which title I would have preferred. Daddy, Poppa, Pa,

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How Childhood Bullying Influenced How I Treat Others as an Adult

“For me, that strong when is grounded conviction and boundaries. The soft front is staying vulnerable and curious. The mark of a wild heart is living out these paradoxes in

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The Pressure to Dream Big and the Beauty of Wanting Less

“What if I winnow that all I really want is a small, slow, simple life? A beautiful, quiet, gentle life. I think it is enough.” ~Krista O’Reilly-Davi-DiguiWhy do we finger

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How to Heal from Rejection (Without Getting Down on Yourself)

“This is a moment of suffering. Suffering is part of life. May I be kind to myself in this moment. May I requite myself the compassion I need.” ~Kristen NeffThe

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I Felt Like I Didn’t Belong: 5 Lessons from a Former Misfit

“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.” ~Maya AngelouIn my final year of upper school, I had a horrible breakup. I was

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4 Happiness Tips from an Introvert Who Spent Years Trying to Change

“Get well-appointed stuff uncomfortable.” ~Jillian MichaelsI’m an introvert. I need lots of time to myself to recharge without socializing with others, and I relish solitude, as it gives me the

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Accepting Fear and Sadness as Normal Parts of a Good Life

“Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.” ~Naomi Shihab NyeI knew it was virtually that time. When I opened

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