Once you’ve built a healthy relationship with yourself, you are ready to build a healthy relationship with others.
If you currently have an invisible illness and are looking for something encouraging to read, this is not it. I am not about to share “10 easy ways to deal with an invisible illness and make people understand you”. I wish. But no. Life with a chronic illness is hard. So hard! Especially when it’s “invisible”. And there are times,…
When you are on a restrictive diet like the Wahls Protocol, an anti-inflammatory diet designed for people with auto-immune diseases like multiple sclerosis, lupus, or rheumatoid arthritis, then figuring out how to survive social situations can be a real b*tch. Managing dietary restrictions in social contexts can become such a headache that I’ve seriously wondered if I should just stop…
After spending most of my life convinced I was terrible at giving gifts, I was told a few times more recently that I, and I quote, “gave the best gifts”. It made me quite happy to hear that as I’ve been trying to be a lot more intentional with my gift-giving over the past years. Around 3-4 years ago, I…
Reflecting on my past relationships (and many, many mistakes), I decided to compile a list of bad reasons for staying in a relationship. Breaking up is hard, and the stress leading up to the big decision can feel almost unbearable. Nonetheless, you should face the challenge head-on. Because staying in a relationship that no longer brings you joy can have…
Remebering people’s names… why does it matter? When dating, meeting new people or making new friends, one of the simplest things you can do to stay memorable or make a good impression on a person, is to remember their name. “A person’s name is to that person, the sweetest, most important sound in any language” (Dale Carnegie). Now, you may…