There was a time in my life when checking email on vacation felt normal. Working weekends felt normal. Bringing my laptop to the hospital after having a baby felt normal. Being available all the time felt normal. And perhaps that’s the problem. Sometimes unhealthy things become so familiar that we stop questioning them. For years, …
How We Slowly Lose Ourselves No one wakes up one morning and decides to lose themselves. At least, I don’t believe most people do. I think we drift. Little by little. Subtly. And because it happens so slowly, we often don’t notice it until years later when we look around and wonder how we got …
When Achievement Becomes Identity Looking back, I think performance began very early. Not because anyone told me I had to perform. No one ever said that love depended on achievement. No one said, “If you don’t succeed, we won’t love you.” But as children, we interpret things. And somewhere along the way, I learned that …
There are some things I wish someone would have told me during the darkest moments of my life. Not necessarily the perfect words. Not advice. Not a book. Not a solution. Just something simple. “I’ve been there.” “I know what that feels like.” “It gets better.” Because when you’re struggling, one of the greatest lies …