A breakup doesn’t equal failure

by | Letting Go

While all humans wrestle with failure to some degree, not all of us are felled by it. We don’t all take things not going according to what we saw as The Plan so personally. In fact, some of us have worked out through various experiences that we are distinct from...
“I thought we were soulmates”

“I thought we were soulmates”

by | Letting Go

When we believe that someone was our soulmate, yet the relationship didn’t work, it throws us into a tailspin. Whatever our ideas about what a soulmate constitutes, our experience doesn’t reflect how we believe things should be. The outcome contradicts our...
Do you really feel guilty, or are you hiding out?

Do you really feel guilty, or are you hiding out?

by | Letting Go

Have you ever found yourself in a cycle of saying how guilty you feel about something? It can lead to paralysis or spending more time beating you up than you do taking positive action. What happens when you do nothing? You make no decisions or avoid them. You worry...
Yes, Silencing Grief Leads to Anger

Yes, Silencing Grief Leads to Anger

by | Letting Go

Something I explain to people pleasers, perfectionists and overthinkers is that if you don’t consistently feel your feelings, create healthy boundaries and basically be more you, at some point, you’re going to erupt. It’s like a pressure cooker left on the hob for too...