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Courage doesn’t always look like what we think it should. I grew up thinking courage was standing up in the face of great danger, being willing to put your physical life on the line to accomplish something a […]

It is important to remember; everyone experiences feelings of self-doubt.  The successful and most confident ‘looking’ people are indecisive and have moments of regret just like you.  Self-doubt is a very h […]

At the age of ten, I knew I wanted to be a writer.  I wanted to be a journalist and report the news on television, but something happened.  Self-doubt reared its ugly head.  Instead of believing that I could, I fo […]

What do you think of when someone says New Normal? For me it rings of possibilities.  None of us wanted this deadly virus and none of us really know how to handle the changes it has caused.

We expect our sons […]

Self-Doubt

As a woman in active recovery from drug and alcohol addiction and eating disorders, I have been provided with an incredible opportunity to help others through my own experiences.

Watching the […]

In early April when the CDC announced that every citizen needed to start wearing a mask in public, the seamstresses of America stepped up to the plate and started making homemade masks. I also felt called to join […]

As we continue to navigate this new normal, let’s get real: IT IS HARD. Our generation has never faced anything so daunting in our lives – pandemic, riots, murders, record unemployment, economic hardship. It is a […]

Perched atop my left shoulder is a cute little angel. She’s there all the time–peering at my life from her little white stadium chair, mostly nodding approval, and periodically getting up to whisper something i […]

Sometimes I doubt myself.  I mean I try to listen to my inner voice yet I begin questioning myself.  Sound confusing?  Try listening to my inner monologue that sounds like a dialogue and make sense of it […]

Self-doubt?  That used to be my middle name!

In spite of many successes throughout my life, when a new challenge came my way, along with the excitement came the sinking feeling that “this time I will fa […]

The monster in our head that holds us back: Self-Doubt.

We doubt our outfit.

We doubt our coffee order.

We doubt the impact of our words.

We doubt our capacity.

We doubt our parenting.

We doubt […]

As they say, death and taxes are the only two certainties in life.  Well, the rising cost of college tuition is making a play to be number three on that list.  From 1980 to 2014, college tuition increased by 2 […]

I woke up different in my thirties.  I had a longing inside of me for something real. Not borrowed from others.  I realized that life is a song, I had to find where the music lives.

As a child, I was that l […]

Remember back in middle or high school science class learning about the placebo effect? The placebo effect is what helps one recover from an illness simply based on believing a fake or sham cure will work. In […]

I want to start a conversation.

Recent events have galvanized us with widespread outrage congealing into a consensus for change. That is good.  My concern, though, is that a narrow focus on police brutality […]