Time

For belittling you. For not giving you the credit you deserve. For minimizing you, and what you have accomplished. For being ashamed of your (lack of) success. And for judging your success against others. For not acknowledging how far you have come. For not praising you for what you have done. For not loving you…

Patience doesn’t come easily to me, it’s also something I have to work on every day. I practice patience by trying to loosen my grip on the notion that I need to control everything, surrendering to the journey and remembering that the rules and timing of the universe are not mine to define. I have learned…

Over the years parts of me died. And other parts were given or taken. I very willingly gave away slivers of and sometimes complete sections of my heart, my individuality, my identity, my creativity. Then there were those that took when I was not strong enough to stand my ground and stake m claim. Over…

Self is inward. It is private. Self is your deepest dreams and greatest aspirations. It is your assets, vulnerabilities, body, mind, and spirit. It’s your truth; what you want, who you are and who you want to be. I never really thought about self as its own entity. I’ve thought about self-confidence, the times in…

 I will follow my path. Listen deep to my heart. Trust my inner guide. Live by my truth. I will quiet the demons that haunt me. I will feed the hope that drives me. I will nourish my mind, body and spirit with actions that build me. I will shut down those and that that…

Being the best, most authentic me is all I want to be. It is powerful and it is freeing. What do you want? What do you stand for? Who do you want to be? What are you waiting for? As you embark on your journey of self, see yourself for all the greatness that you embody….