This is my very first blog post from November of 2009. Lord Almighty, time flies. Six years, nearly to the day I started this blog with the sole intent of…
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Everybody fears that they are not enough. Everybody. My father used to say that intimacy breeds contempt. This was his favorite motto, something he repeated every day So, I grew…
For a very long time, I believed that in order for someone to love me, I had to prove my worth. The trick was figuring out what a man wanted…
Being a people-pleaser is exhausting, and demoralizing. For us, and everyone around us. Believe me, I know. That’s why I fell hard for Erika Napoletano and her TedX video. She…
A long time ago, when I was selling photo copiers for a living, I met an older woman who gave me a piece of advice I will never forget. “Darling,”…
We have a dog named Edgar whose whole raison d’ etre is to kick cat ass. Unfortunately, we also have two cats. Peanut Butter and Mozart. Peanut Butter is a…
When I turned thirty, I was angry and unhappy, but didn’t really know it. I figured that niggling feeling, the one I couldn’t really identify, the one that wouldn’t go away, was…
I talk about this stuff all the time. Two things changed my life: running and writing. From these two activities, man, did I learn to get in touch with myself….
I received this beautiful note last week in response to my newsletter, and I’d like to share it and my response with you. It’s relevant to you writers out there,…
I’ve been searching and searching for this video, which I saw a year or two back. Lo and behold, there it was in my Youtube feed this morning. There’s…
