“Don’t insult that which is guiding you by aiming too low.” One of my favorite mentors, Sandra Yancey, said that to me, and I love it. It reminds me that I am being guided by a higher power; it also reminds me of how much I am worth, and I’m worth a lot; we all are....
Hide: 1) to conceal from sight, to prevent from being discovered 2) to conceal oneself Do you even know how many ways there are to hide? Well, I’m not sure what the exact number might be, but I think I have tried nearly every one of them. Hiding shows up in...
Remember back a few months ago when I made the commitment to say my affirmations (my “power statements,” my “I Ams”) out loud every day? The actual commitment was to say them 100 times a day for 100 days. 100 x 100 = 10,000 I’ve been told...
Over the past several years, as I have been deep into the work of figuring out who I am. I have coined it as “Finding My Voice.” Along the way, I have noticed that the steps I have taken to do so have repeated themselves. I have also noticed that when I...
I’m not who I think I am; I’m not who YOU think I am; I am who I THINK YOU THINK I am. Doug Cloward, a kind and very wise man, once quoted this to me. I thought I understood what it meant–and I did, to a point. My head caught the gist rather quickly....
I often hear myself say “Personal Growth can be excruciating and exhausting, but I do it anyway because of how good it feels on the other side.” In fact, Life can be hard. Progress can be exhausting. And because it is, there is always joy to look forward...