With the first quarter of 2019 ending, I find myself in a state of reflection. It feels like the year just started, but it’s April- the...

There will always be a reason to deprioritize ourselves if we aren’t careful. It’s up to us to set the tone for the world to follow....

The hardest project we will ever work on is ourselves. The more I attend therapy, the more this fact rings true. Most recently, while...

"Pack light." -Erykah Badu Friday morning, I packed a bag of clothes from a past lover. These items were given to me, but per his request...

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. -Alice Walker Somehow over the last four years, I...

Behind closed doors, I’m a different person. I discovered this within the past two years when I realized my home was the one place I...

I have three sets of flowers on my dining room table collected over the past week. The third set came yesterday when the church I visited...

Valentine's Day is Thursday, and that used to mean something to me. It was always a defining moment for whomever I was talking to because...

I didn’t plan on writing this post. I knew I wanted to do a series on love for February. I even intended to make a fancy connection...

Saturday night could have ended badly for me. I don’t often hang out, but I was invited to a gathering and after a productive week, I...

Last week, I threw out three full containers of oatmeal and two new garlic powder seasonings. I was determined to use up the food in my...

Ironic. That’s how I would describe the fact that the second post of my self-discipline series almost didn’t get published. I sat down to...

I spent New Years Eve solo. It’s unorthodox, but it’s a decision that I wouldn’t have made a year ago. My entry into 2019 was refreshing...

The luxury of being single with no kids is not having holiday obligations. Instead of worrying about gifts (which I told my family I...

Parenting and upbringing play a greater role on adulthood than I realized. Whether our childhoods were traumatic or ideal, personal...

I made myself physically sick this week. I’m no scientist, so I don’t have logical justification, but I believe that sickness can be a...

Earlier this year, I read The Alchemist. It’s essentially about a character in pursuit of treasure. Embarking on a journey with the...

Well-intentioned people can cause damage. I know this because I am one of them, a well-meaning damage causer. I believe in helping people...

Fall, my favorite season, had a short run this year. Branches lost their leaves and were covered in snow the following week. Shoveling...

Yesterday I almost deleted a post from instagram because I was momentarily caught up in the limited number of likes. Both logically and...