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Build Toward YOUR Future
It’s the end of the school year where I am and I find myself looking around at the circumstances my friends and I find ourselves in. Some of us have kids graduating and are processing transitioning into the parents of adult children. Some of us have littles and are juggling trying to be present parents…
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Have the Hard Conversations
Avoiding hard conversations in relationships just postpones difficulties. That anxiety and concern over the outcome of the conversations just festers and builds and ends up manifesting in more ways than you’d think. Studies have shown that avoiding difficult conversations forces us to focus on protection and survival instead of growth and adaptation. This ends up…
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Calm your own Storm
Venting is my love language. Agonizing to my village is a large component of my relationships. And vice versa. I’m the person people call when they need to rant. But how healthy is that really? Recently, one of my close friends had major drama and a scheduled “relationship discussion” phone call with another friend. We…
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You Do Not Have to EARN Love
Love is not contingent. Love is constant. Love comes without strings. You do not have to do chores or contribute to the household or slave to your partner to earn their love. You do those things because you are a partner, a team member, a co-pilot. But the love you receive should be entirely disconnected…
Handling The Hard Stuff 