By: Gabriela Yareliz We’ve all had moments of anxiety, panic and/or pain. Sometimes, it can feel like walls are closing in on us. Or maybe, it feels like a knife is stabbing us in the pelvis. At times, we can leave a present circumstance and reset (best case scenario). There have been times where IContinue reading “I’m Learning to Breathe”
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Begin Again
By: Gabriela Yareliz It’s officially spring. This week, many cultures celebrated something. There was Hindu new year, Eid, and the Persian new year Nowruz. New beginnings abound. The sky is a pale blue, and I overheard a bird song this morning. I had lunch with a new friend, this week. It was the first timeContinue reading “Begin Again”
Ask
“The biggest unlock of my 20s: Ask for things. The raise. The introduction. The favor. Most people never ask because they fear rejection. But your silence guarantees it. If you’ve done the work, ask for the crazy thing. The world rewards those who ask. Closed mouths don’t get fed.” Sahil Bloom Don’t forget to ask!
Getting Yourself Back
“It turns out that when you stop trying to fix something that was never yours to fix, you get yourself back.” Tara Schuster
Wisdom from AF
Wisdom and words by Andy Frisella: “FAIR WAS NEVER PART OF THE DEAL. WHO EVER TOLD YOU THAT LIED. SOME PEOPLE WILL HAVE IT EASIER. SOME WILL START AHEAD. YOU’LL BE TEMPTED TO THINK: “THEY GOT LUCKY” NO, YOU GOT LUCKY. BECAUSE THEY NEVER LEARNED TO FIGHT. THEY’VE NEVER FELT REAL HUNGER. THEY NEVER HADContinue reading “Wisdom from AF”
“A Line in the Sand” by Erwin McManus
“God will silence your accusers.”
Wisdom from Martha Graeff
Words and advice by Martha Graeff: “1. Not everyone who loves you knows how to show up for you; 2. Peace is more valuable than being understood; 3. Boundaries will cost you relationships and then save you; 4. You can’t heal in the same environment that hurt you; 5. Being strong for too long teachesContinue reading “Wisdom from Martha Graeff”
Hard
“Doing hard sh*t is the gateway to everything you want in life. It changes your brain chemistry. You’re not overwhelmed. You’re under-challenged. Easy choices create fragile minds. Friction creates stability. When your life is built around comfort, fast dopamine, instant delivery, and constant distraction, your nervous system forgets how to handle resistance. So the smallestContinue reading “Hard”
Sarah Dessen is Back
By: Gabriela Yareliz I saw a guy with the tip of his hair flicked up with hair gel. It was such a 2003 moment. Speaking of 2003– I was thinking about the two writers who had many of us (me specifically) in a chokehold during the early 2000s. One was Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, writer ofContinue reading “Sarah Dessen is Back”
Welcome, March!
By: Gabriela Yareliz Happy March! We enter the month that invites an unstable spring into our lives. It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. -Charles Dickens It’s the season of spring break andContinue reading “Welcome, March!”
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