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How Love Ended Abuse In My Marriage
For 10 years, I was in an abusive relationship. I was not physically abused, but I experienced relentless emotional abuse. Because of this, I...
7 Habits To Ditch If You Want Lasting Love
We often don’t realize when a habit is harming us, instead of helping us. When it comes to relationships, I see many of my clients actually decrease...
How To Let Your Crush Know You Have Feelings
As women, we have been told by society (and even friends and family) that having the man chase after us is the way to go ... that, as women, being...
Confessions Of A Chronic People Pleaser
There should be rehabilitation programs for people, like me, who are addicted to people pleasing. I say that jokingly, but in all sincerity, a lot of...
What To Do When Your Dreams Scare You
Do you have dreams, desires, and goals? Then, chances are, you’ve struggled with fear at some point. I hate to use the word “normal,” but fear is so...
5 Telltale Signs You’re Stuck & You Don’t Even Know It
I have been stuck many times in my life. I've been stuck in boring jobs, stuck in unhealthy relationships, stuck in my lack of confidence, stuck in...
Why My Panic Disorder Was The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me
Sitting in my graduate classroom on the Wilfrid Laurier University campus in Waterloo, Ontario, I had my first panic attack. It was 2:11 p.m. on a...
3 Myths That Keep You Unhappy
It’s nearly impossible to go through life without experiencing significant setbacks. Sometimes we’re the recipients of bad luck. Other times we’re...
10 Fears I Try To Conquer Every Day
We all have seemingly irrational things that we’re scared of. Sometimes I think I have more than most. We human beings are terrifying: we make fun of...
Are You In Love, Or Are You Emotionally Dependent?
How often have you thought you were truly in love, only to lose those in-love feelings after a few months? Have you believed you were in love but...
Are You Afraid Of Relationships? 5 Questions To Ask Yourself
Do you believe you are ready for a relationship, but just haven't found the right person? Or do you often end up with someone who is trying to avoid a...
9 Powerful Mantras To Help You Through Depression
I'm sitting in the doctor’s office. My doctor is noisily typing on her keyboard as she asks me specific questions about my recent experiences.
9 Worries That Are Ruining Your Life
What do we worry about at night? Turns out that we're not all that different from each other in our deep-seated worries. We all worry about the same...
11 Things I Wish I Could Say To My Younger Self
Being an adult can be difficult. With an endless stream of stress, difficult demands, unexpected surprises, disease, family issues and even death of...
The 15 Most Damaging Lies We Tell Ourselves
It can be hard to make happiness stick, especially if you pay attention to what you tell yourself. What hurts us most in life is not actually the...
How I Learned To Stay True, Get Paid & Do Good
One of the most prevalent and destructive myths of our culture is the belief that the universe is scarce. That there is not enough to go around. That...
How Getting Fleas In A Motel Changed My Life
Yes, I got fleas staying at a cheap motel on the Tijuana border, and yes, it changed my business forever. I didn’t even know it was possible for a...
Paralyzed By Doubt? 5 Ways To Live A Life You Love
Fear and doubt are sneaky. They're forms of energy constantly attempting to capture your attention. The thing is, what we focus on is what we grow. So...
The Epiphany That Made Me Stop Dating Unavailable Men
I've learned that relationships mirror our beliefs back to us. In other words, the patterns that occur in romantic love are clues to what we believe...
Hey, Girl: Your True Self Is Fearless
Let's just get this out in the open: fear is a powerful motherf*cker. Things I am scared of right now: forgetting the sound of my father's voice, how...
