You think your dream is too big, too impossible? Write down all the times you did things nobody thought you could.
It’s possible to pursue something for yourself, while simultaneously showing up well for the people you love.
Obsessing over this person and why they did what they did will not serve you. You are not defined by the pain they inflicted – you are defined by what you turn that pain into.
Childhood trauma is not a life sentence. Extreme emotional pain doesn’t guarantee emotional pain for the rest of your life.
Our own negative self-talk can be more damaging than the emotional abuse heaped on us by a hateful parent. It’s also far more insidious because there’s nobody there to stop it, since we rarely even realize it’s happening. Beating ourselves up about all the things we think we’re doing wrong becomes a litany of white noise. Eventually we don’t even hear it anymore.
Imagine living your motherhood out from now until forever, without guilt.
Ambition looks like waking up early; it looks like working after the kids are in bed. Ambition looks like adopting a willingness to admit to the things you don’t know and asking for help or doing the research or becoming your own best mentor. Ambition looks like you living in a way others won’t so you will have a life others can’t.
Mom, you should parent in whatever way works for your family and spend less time worrying about other people’s perceptions of how you’re doing. Can we stop being so hard on ourselves and instead focus on the good work we are doing, the results of which are evident in the awesome little people we’re raising?
It’s the lessons in grace and self-care and realistic expectations, where you teach them about what you’re capable of, that will truly serve them later on.
Maybe trying to live out your own love story means that you have less time to read about other people’s.
How many times have your children watched you give up on yourself over and over and over?
Early on in this career, though, I realized that a lot of women look at lifestyle imagery as what they should aspire to be.
Be strict about your goal but flexible in how you get there.
I looked for joy. I looked for peace.
Why do we say hello on Sunday mornings with the same tongues we use to lash others behind their backs a few days later?
I believe it’s not your weight that defines you, but the care and consideration you put into your body absolutely does.
I can write down words and send them out into the world and hope they find a home. Or I can hide my light under a bushel because I’m too afraid someone won’t like the glare.
Who are Bella and Edward?” I shrug off the question and don’t turn around as I ask, “What?” “Or Mac and Jericho? How about Jamie and Claire?
They’re your dreams, and you are allowed to chase them – not because you are more special or talented or well-connected, but because you are worthy of wanting something more.
It’s not about where you are but who you are.