“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”
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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”
—But What is Your Dream?
By: Gabriela Yareliz It was a summer night, and the sun was still shining in the Upper West Side. I was impressed by how bright it was and how tired I felt. I had been looped into a late evening meeting at work and told I could take a car home (which I was gratefulContinue reading “—But What is Your Dream?”
What Abundance Tells Us
By: Gabriela Yareliz If you are rushing around or trying to kill fifteen birds with one stone— this PSA is for you. And you are not alone. I get infinitely frustrated when things unfold inefficiently. I love change. I love speed. I love maximizing. Call it a syndrome from childhood. Sometimes, we need to rememberContinue reading “What Abundance Tells Us”
One Does Not Hold Truth
By: Gabriela Yareliz In recent times, I have noticed an interesting push for the Catholic Church that wasn’t as evident before. I think it’s important to spot these things and observe them. They are cultural moments of significance. It draws the question— where did this flow from? This post is not so much a criticismContinue reading “One Does Not Hold Truth”
Nostalgia
“Maybe nostalgia is not a trap, it’s a compass. It points us to what mattered.” Mixtapes by Gor
Peter Crone in Conversation with Alex Ikonn
“Life will present you with people and circumstances to reveal where you are not free.” Peter Crone This conversation between Alex Ikonn and Peter Crone was very interesting, and I really enjoyed it. Sharing here in case of interest. The podcast version is here:
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