I miss my old life. It’s hard for me to admit that I need help. I’ve denied people who wanted to do things for me when I was younger. Whether it was pride or embarrassment, my motto was that I could and should do everything myself. …

Don’t make the same mistakes I made. — The first time I met Micah was outside of his trailer in the dark. There was an eviction notice in the window. When he invited me inside (please don’t do this), I saw wires all around on the floor that he was using to steal electricity and cable TV. In…

If you find yourself people-pleasing or always seeking approval, you’re not alone. By the way, perfectionism is a twin of people-pleasing. They stem from the same thing…a fearful thought that our brain is feeding us. So let’s solve this problem! This article was originally published on the Real Life Resilience…

My daily dose of embarrassment. — Last night, I went to my husband’s office Christmas party. It was held at a Brazilian restaurant, the kind where the waiters walk around with giant sticks of meat and saw it off right onto your plate. There was just so much…food! I sat next to the mother of the…

Day to day tasks “chip away” and diminish our mental fortitude! FACT: There is a inverse correlation between the amount of time I spend at Walmart and my level of life satisfaction. Inverse Correlation: a relationship between two variables in which the value of one variable increases as the value…

An act of sacrifice in a world of heartbreak — When my husband, Eric, and I broke up, we were supposed to tell our young sons together. Instead, while driving them to my house, he pulled over to the side of the road and told them himself, including the possibility of divorce. They came home crying, and my older son…