After all those years as a woman hearing, “not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not thin enough, not that enough,” almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, “I am enough.” – Anna Quindlen There are so many ways that the world and the people around us can make us feel like we don’t matter, […]

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. -Mae West I find that sometimes it’s really easy for me to live in reality and be happy and content with my everyday life. However, when times are hard, I can sometimes move to living in “la la land.” It’s a space […]

Getting older doesn’t mean life gets easier. It just means you handle the hard parts differently. -Catherine O-Hara We’ve definitely had to move and shift our schedules around a lot recently. Mostly due to the huge ice storm that left Texas unexpectedly iced in for days on end, and led to many days of school […]

Emotional agility is about loosening up, calming down, and living with more intention. It’s about choosing how you’ll respond to your emotional warning system. -Susan David Emotional reactivity is often a part of our relationships, especially when there are issues, often ongoing, in these relationships. Often the work is around separating out what are our […]

When you’re surrounded by all these people, it can be lonelier than when you’re by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don’t feel like you can trust anyone or talk to anybody, you feel like you’re really alone. -Fiona Apple When I’m feeling lonely, I usually ask myself if this […]