Self-Help

Please, whatever you do—just feel what you are feeling right now. Do not reach into yourself and pull out what life has planted within you. Instead, reach into yourself and…

I am proud of you. I am proud of you for trying, even when it hurts. It takes a lot to be the kind of person who challenges themselves to…

Pay more attention to what stirs your heart. Pay attention to the music that makes you want to cry, or dance, or jump right out of your skin. Pay attention…

You’re going to realize it one day—that happiness was never about your job or your degree or being in a relationship. Happiness was never about following in the footsteps of…

I wish I could explain what healing feels like. I wish I could tell you that it feels like coming home, that it feels like every soft and tender thing…

Here’s what they don’t tell you—you’re never really going to figure it out. You’re never going to figure out the world, or why the things that happened to you happened,…

Just be gentle. Be gentle because we all have worlds inside of ourselves that no one else sees. And some of us, some of our worlds are heavy right now.…

You are the only person who gets to decide if you are happy or not—do not put your happiness into the hands of other people. Do not make it contingent…

But most of all, I am slowly learning how to just be in this moment. How to exist. How to understand that I cannot control life, that I can only…

The truth is—sometimes love changes. The truth is, sometimes life gets hard and “I’ll stay” turns into “I have to take care of myself right now.” Sometimes, those who loved…