Category: Engage
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How to Define Your Own Priorities For Real
The older I get, the more I live, the more I recognize that it’s crucial to define my own life priorities and not allow someone else’s priorities to define my life for me. It’s an easy enough trap to get into. We see the glamour shots version of most people. But it’s rare for others…
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When You Can’t Decide What You Want, Do These 3 Things
“The problem, simply put, is that we cannot choose everything simultaneously. So we live in danger of becoming paralyzed by indecision, terrified that every choice might be the wrong choice.” – Elizabeth Gilbert “You are not the victim of the world, but rather the master of your own destiny. It is your choices and decisions…
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Why You Have to Stop Bashing Your Toxic Ex
I remember so clearly the day I decided he wasn’t worthy my energy anymore. I was done with the lies. I was done with being made to feel inferior. I was done with the manipulation. I was done with him. Or so I thought. I divorced the toxic ex. I decided it was necessary for…
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5 Surprising Ways to Ditch That Toxic Relationship (with yourself)
Be willing to let go of who you think you should be in order to be who you are. – Brene Brown I was convinced I would never trust anyone again. After what my ex-husband put me through: the lying to me, the lying to others about me, the gaslighting, the emotional manipulation, the…
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Why Your Values Ran for Cover (and how to start living by them again)
“Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny.” – Mahatma Gandhi I have always prided myself on being independent, and living with integrity and honesty. Or so I thought. After my first divorce,…