How to Be Your True Self in a Society That Worships Fakeness
Fakeness. We all know what it looks like. We all know what it feels like. It’s the fake plastered-on smiles. It’s the pretentious laughs and giggles. It’s the sickly sweet…
Instead of Chasing Happiness, Search The Darkness
It’s not happiness that holds the solution to your problems – it is your PAIN. Your pain, your darkness, your greatest fears, and shadows are the doorways towards your enlightenment.…
People-Pleasing: The Hidden Dangers of Always Being “Too Nice”
You feel the pressure throb in your veins. A lump rises in your throat as your colleagues watch you closely. They are expecting an answer. They are expecting you to…
Why Vulnerability is One of Your Greatest Assets in Life
Vulnerability. We equate it with being naive, gullible and worst of all, weak. All throughout our lives, we are taught that the opposite state of being is not only preferable but virtuous. Being…
Why We Use The Search For Love To Escape Ourselves
Let’s be frank here. Most people want love. The craving for approval and affection from others is embedded into our DNA. There’s probably nothing else on earth (other than the…
Letting Go of Guilt and Redefining Self-Care as a Mom
By Nicole Dahl In my twenties, I was a champion for self-care. Every morning, after seven hours of peaceful sleep, I would rise with the Arizona sun, stretch, and do…
Before You Can Be With Others, First Learn to Be Alone
In 1840, Edgar Allan Poe described the ‘mad energy’ of an aging man who roved the streets of London from dusk till dawn. His excruciating despair could be temporarily relieved…