Can we all agree that working for yourself is a subtle flex? I know it comes with its challenges, but not having to rely on anyone else for employment is pretty vital in today’s world. Given the state of the…
“Sometimes we fall for the same mistakes because we haven’t learned to love ourselves fully.” ~Unknown As long as I can remember, my relationships followed the same script. At first, there was charm. Attention. Sweetness. Intensity. That intoxicating feeling of…
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” ~Carl Jung I was sitting in my therapist’s office when she asked me a question that made me freeze. “Tell me about the…
“An empath is a person highly attuned to the feelings and emotions of those around them. Empaths feel what another person is feeling at a deep emotional level.” ~Leah Campbell When I learned the word “empath” about ten years ago,…
“The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it.” ~Elisabeth Kübler-Ross My friend Diana’s WhatsApp profile picture is of herself hugging her dog,…
“Emotional abuse is any pattern of behavior that undermines a person’s sense of self-worth and reality.” ~Beverly Engel At first, the changes were small. I stopped wearing that outfit everyone liked because they said it didn’t look good on me….
“One of the hardest things I’ve had to understand is that closure comes from within. Especially difficult if you’ve been betrayed by someone you love because you feel like you gotta let them know the pain they caused, but the…
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” ~Nelson Mandela First, I slept in a snow shelter at -20°C. Second, I stood alone on a stage in Montreal and tried to make strangers laugh. Third, I…
“Sometimes walking away is the only way to stop walking away from yourself.” ~Unknown I was between sessions. My TV was on in the background—something I’d half-started watching called The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives on Hulu—as I walked into…
“Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill.” ~Shinichi Suzuki I knew exactly what to say to my narcissistic mother. I just could never say it. For twenty years I studied every technique in the book. Gray…
Quick Read Micron (MU) reports fiscal Q3 earnings June 24, where traders price a 97% beat probability after revenue crushed estimates by 22% last quarter. Roth sees no AI bubble signs, pointing to companies like SpaceX raising capital instead of…
For Reece, it was enough for both her and husband Will Allman to give notice at their full-time gigs. Shilling for Applebee’s, Xyzal and other brands has “been an amazing financial opportunity,” she allowed. “It’s, like, a blessing, but also…
After an absence of nearly three months, the White Sox have their starting catcher back in the mix. Chicago announced Monday that Kyle Teel has been reinstated from the 60-day injured list. He’ll fill the vacant spot on the South…
