Why is it so hard to stand up for ourselves when we know doing so will make someone else uncomfortable? It’s sometimes easier to sit in our unease rather than feel the full emotions of a situation. But what’s the price of resignation? When you’re unhappy with a situation and don’t say anything, …
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Knowing When to Let Go
Growing up and living around alcoholics, I became a fixer. Doing everything within my power to make sure things worked. I bent over backwards in personal relationships. Work proved to be a never-ending opportunity to jump in and be the hero to save a failing project. I filed down the rough …
What Do Anniversaries Really Mean?
Today marks the third anniversary of my divorce being final. Today is a day of thoughtful reflection. Three years ago I was still in love with my husband, yet I had been so pulled into the chaos of his disease I had nothing left of myself. Pulled in so much that I didn’t realize how little …