#254 – Do inter-personal boundaries make you uncomfortable?When you equate attention with love, boundaries feel like an attack.Yesterday, exploring how setting my personal boundaries made me feel, I thought about my father. Whenever he found me "in m...
#253 – Is savior complex hiding behind your people-pleasing?Yesterday, writing my morning pages, I noticed half my brain tracking my husband’s moves. If he were to show up in the kitchen for breakfast, I’d fold my notebook and mark my practice d...
#252 – The world needs you, not your EgoBy definition, Egos are fragile. They spot threats everywhere and when they can’t be sure of an outcome, they’d rather stay put – a devil you know is better than an angel you don’t. Fear and vigilance, tha...
#251 – Is your planner tripping up your True Self?Planning is easy. It creates the illusion of control, and who doesn't love that? The feeling of safety; the sense of power over our actions; the freedom we foresee.The problem is, as I'm sure you...
#250 – How will your mind sabotage your growth?When your Ego realizes you're about to change, it freaks out: what if the worst happens is the first thought on its mind – which, by the way, is your mind. So, wringing its hands, it plans how to stop yo...
#249 – Care: when is it Ego-triggered and when True-Self-inspired?Caring is supposed to be a "good" thing. But it doesn't always come from the right place. And when it doesn't, it only makes our lives more difficult.I'm not advocating for full-blown...
#249 – How can embracing 'I don't care' improve your life?In our current culture, it's almost cliché that we all should care about everyone and everything.If you're an employee, you should care about your company. If you're an employer, you should ca...
#247 – What's your Ego afraid of?Your Ego fears one thing: rejection, which it equates to death. Mine does too, and so does your partner's, brother-in-law's, teacher Ms. Katherine's...We all have an Ego. We created it when we were little by aggregati...
#246 – Is 'how' bogging down your 'what?'This is where my procrastination stems from: thinking about how I'll do something makes the task so insurmountable in my head, that I don't even start.I discovered it this morning, while doing my "morning...
#245 – What conditions are you imposing on your happiness?A few months ago I had a video call with a friend who'd moved from the neighborhood. She'd started her business but still wasn't getting traction. Yet, as we greeted each other, she said, flas...