Releasing my ties to the church helped me fly. — I struggled with my faith for many years, until one day, Christianity just didn’t make sense anymore. From a child in the church choir to a young adult in bible study, slowly but surely, my beliefs and morality fell out of alignment with the regulations of the church. It took…

Stifling your creativity is the easiest way to get you to self-sabotage. Define yourself. — I believe the term self-sabotage holds masses of interpretations. It may show itself in the form of procrastination or slither its way into our perfectionistic tendencies. …

A native New Yorker’s dilemma — I was raised with the go, go, go type of upbringing. Everything was done quickly, and somehow we were always in a rush and running late. The best was never good enough because there was still more that could have been done. …

Life is short. Make it worth your while. — This weekend, my dad turned 79 years old. He had me, his only child, at 54 years old. Not something you hear every day, I know. My dad was diagnosed with mild to moderate dementia many years back. After a while, my mom and I realized it was in his…

But do you know it yet? — You are the only one who can hold yourself back. You are the only one who can put limits on what you can do. No one else can tell you what you can or cannot do. Only you can determine that. If you want to achieve something, you have to…

Does it run your life? — Time is the currency of life. It’s my biggest fear. I feel like I wasted so much of it already, so foolishly. If I had known back then what I know now, I’d be lightyears ahead. I’m learning to live in the moment, bring my all every single day, and…

You can succeed. You WILL succeed. But it’s on YOU. Nobody else. — We all fail. It’s a part of being human. And there isn’t some magical, lucky formula to being a successful individual. You just gotta get back up. Every single one of us has failed at something in our lives. Whether it’s a personal goal, a professional objective, or a relationship…

I say, “screw you” to patriarchal beauty standards. — For many years, I couldn’t leave the house without makeup on. I couldn’t fathom letting others see how ugly I thought I was. It was such an issue that it was a major talking point in therapy. I needed mascara to go grocery shopping. …

How do you show up for you? — Yes, even when the returns in the beginning are miniscule. I recently decided to launch my first blog. I had enough nerve to invest in a website and all the expenses that come with one. It’s hard to decide how much time gets spent on what. …