When young girls are growing up digesting messages from television, magazines, and the Internet that it’s OK to put someone else ahead of their own care in the name of devotion and loyalty, that’s when it becomes a problem. It is with both pride and skepticism that I can announce I left my third toxic relationship this […]
As someone who has suffered with a waxing and waning self-esteem, I’ve always had to be careful with myself. A coffee date with an ex could easily open up a healed wound, not necessarily because of their “stuff,” but because of mine. The Law of Attraction states like attracts like—meaning we tend to attract what […]
I’m learning that real interdependence is the overflow of self-care. I love to love. For 33 years I had no idea what that really meant. I never had a high school boyfriend. I was 21 when I lost my virginity in a casual relationship. Then I dated a series of people who were basically un-reciprocating. […]
