1 Thing to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do – About Anything

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. -Francis of Assisi Life is complicated. Experts tell you that you should, “just leave him, because he isn’t your husband.”  Girls give these big long explanations about their emotionally unavailable, or ambivalent partners and the answer is always the same. "Leave him".  Really dude?  Not helpful. Do you think she hasn't thought about that? Do you think most people [...]

2023-05-08T18:54:11+00:00May 8th, 2023|Change, Personal Growth, Self Love|
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5 Things To Do When you Don’t Know What to Do-About Anything

"Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy." - Saadi Do you ever have those days, or weeks, or months when you don’t know what to do, or where to go or how to change?  Do you feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day, like your life is on repeat no matter how hard you try or what you try to change? The internet abounds with all sorts of messages about positivity.  Think [...]

2021-06-21T19:42:47+00:00June 24th, 2021|Personal Growth|
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Maybe Life Is Hard and Maybe That’s Okay

"Where there is no struggle, there is no strength."  - Oprah Winfrey Growing up my mom used to say, “Carrie, you never do anything easy the easy way, do you?” Nope. Never have. Probably never will. I have lived overseas and married a man from another country. I had my own apartment and a full time job at seventeen while I was still in high school. I put myself through college and law school. At [...]

2020-06-04T23:40:52+00:00June 9th, 2020|Change, Personal Growth, Self Love|
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3 Important Lessons COVID Has Taught Me About Life & Love

Life is a precious gift - a gift we often take for granted until it is threatened. - LeCrae You don’t really know how much you love someone or how much you can’t stand them until you’re locked down with them 24/7 for weeks on end. Everything in life can be viewed as a blessing or a curse. You decide. I’m used to having a partner who has a mission. He’s always on the go. [...]

2020-04-12T23:37:13+00:00April 14th, 2020|Personal Growth|
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Why You’re Constantly Frustrated and How to Stop

"Needing to have things perfect is the surest way to immobilize yourself with frustration." - Wayne Dyer Are you constantly frustrated with yourself?  Why don’t I know this? Why can’t I do this?  Why can’t I figure this out fast enough?  Why can’t I move faster, be better, do more, be more?  Why don’t I get up off the couch and actually DO something? Why aren’t you at the place you think you should be? [...]

2020-02-05T22:04:31+00:00February 6th, 2020|Change, Personal Growth|
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How to Find Yourself When You Feel Lost and Lonely

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” - Dr. Seuss Tonight I was walking home and there were two little girls with their father. One was on his shoulders and one was playing on her scooter. The little one was saying, “I’m on daddy’s shoulders” and she kept repeating it while the older one, who was maybe six was riding in front of [...]

2020-01-09T21:02:50+00:00January 9th, 2020|Personal Growth, Self Love|
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4 Things I Learned in My 40’s I Wish I Knew Sooner

"Being in your forties - any woman who isn't there yet, I just have to say to you: Euphoria is coming to you." - Tori Amos There are so many things I learned after I turned forty that I’m not sure I could even write them all down. Every decade of life brings more experience, more self-awareness, more truth and hopefully more understanding of yourself and others. Something magical that happens to women at the [...]

2019-10-16T22:34:27+00:00October 17th, 2019|Personal Growth, Self Love|
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The Real Reasons You’re Depressed or Have Anxiety —— A Book Review of Lost Connections

"Everything that causes an increase in depression also causes an increase in anxiety and the other way around. They rise and fall together." - Johan Hari For years I’ve been trying to tell people that you CAN overcome depression and you CAN overcome anxiety and you don’t have to be stuck in a negative loop cycle for the rest of your life. For years I’ve been saying that medication won’t make you happy or cure [...]

2019-08-14T23:11:36+00:00August 15th, 2019|Book Reviews, Depression & Anxiety|
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