“Healing doesn’t mean nothing bothers you. It means you stop bleeding on people who didn’t cut you.” Anonymous
Author Archives: Gabriela Yareliz
Behold the Values You Want to Embody
By: Gabriela Yareliz Below, I am sharing a gem of a podcast. A revisiting of key values. This podcast is perfect for parents, your kids, for anyone who will listen. The podcast version (audio only) is here. Sometimes, as I observe the young people and adults (including myself), I am reminded that we become likeContinue reading “Behold the Values You Want to Embody”
Observations from the Underground
This quote made me smile. You know what I have been craving? Sort of stepping away from a lot of the noise of programs and courses and just doing handstands against the wall. I just want a 40-minute Pilates session and a candle lit. I am also craving autumn. Or maybe, I have depleted myContinue reading “Observations from the Underground”
Mid-Week Update From AC
“An educated mind cannot be enslaved.” Candace Owens By: Gabriela Yareliz It’s one hundred and a gazillion degrees out. My train has AC, which is nice because my other trains this week felt like they were blowing hot air on us. I quite literally melted into my seat yesterday. This was after my employer shutContinue reading “Mid-Week Update From AC”
Growing Up
Thinking about this.
The Relationship Compass
“How you were treated as a child is how you treat yourself as an adult.” Ida Santana By: Gabriela Yareliz I have been thinking a lot about this. It is a fact that can help you read the room, and it can also help you read the person staring back at you in the mirror.Continue reading “The Relationship Compass”
Responsibility
“After a lifetime of blaming others, it is exceedingly difficult for us to finally acknowledge that the only person who has consistently been in all the scenes of that long-running soap opera we call our life is us, and, as a necessary corollary, that we bear some large responsibility for how the drama is turningContinue reading “Responsibility”
Do Hard Things
“You have to have a day on the calendar that scares the sh*t out of you.” Joe De Sena I was enthralled by the conversation between Alex Ikonn and Joe De Sena. Listen to it here. Below, you will find a post from Alex Ikonn on the key take aways. I love De Sena’s schoolContinue reading “Do Hard Things”
Noise, Despacito
“You need to build a mausoleum in your head with big iron doors so that nobody can get in there except you. You don’t let me in there, you don’t let June in there, you don’t let your manager in there, you don’t let the record company people in there. You have to decide forContinue reading “Noise, Despacito”
Happy Birthday, Ma
By: Gabriela Yareliz Ma, celebrating you today. Thank you for indulging my childhood obsessions. For listening to my personal (spoken) unsolicited book reports on all the books I read. For playing carritos or those mini Barbies from the McDonalds happy meals on the couch for hours. Thank you for the immense trust and independence youContinue reading “Happy Birthday, Ma”