After you have gone through a painful experience, do you usually try to forget about it, put it behind you and keep moving forward? While this may seem like the most practical thing to do, it can actually prevent you from moving forward as you intended. With every troubling experience, emotional energy is generated and held in your body. Trying to push forward without first allowing yourself the time to heal and repair your emotional

When Anna sees Olaf melting in the movie Frozen, Olaf tells her that some people are worth melting for. What he means is that some people are worth dying for. Anna ends up sacrificing her own life to save her sister Elsa. What we can take away from this quote is that some relationships are worth fighting for. When you really love someone, you are willing to make compromises and sacrifices. They are worth it

When you take a good look at the people you’ve chosen to include in your life (your team), what do you see? Do you see people who support your decisions, treat you with kindness, and want what is best for you? Or do you see people who look for your weaknesses, pick on your insecurities, and hope for your failure? The quote, “Make sure everybody in your boat is rowing and not drilling holes when

I have a confession to make. I am a Goonie. Through and through. Growing up The Goonies was my favorite movie. I’ve probably seen it 500 times, no joke. And whenever we visit Oregon, we make the trip out to Ecola State Park and Astoria to revisit filming locations from the movie. It is non-negotiable. In this 1985 movie, Mikey Walsh (played by Sean Astin) and his friends are outsiders, but they stick together. They

Through the years, I have met a lot of attractive men and women. Unfortunately, for some of them, their outward “beauty” didn’t match who they were on the inside at all. For some, it was almost like because they were so attractive on the outside, they had the expectation of getting away with bad behavior or not having to do things that was their responsibility. Yes, precious. Very unattractive qualities, my love. The truth is

Presentations. Bills. Work. Deadlines. Our futures. Relationships. Tests. Success. These are just a few of the many things we human beings tend to obsessively worry about. Some of us tend to worry more than others, but at the end of the day, we are all easily worried. But have you ever thought about what the benefit is of worrying? Let me tell you: there is none. As Baz Luhrmann said, “Don’t worry about the future,

When first conceived, there are certain aspirations that are so big and daunting that they seem virtually impossible to achieve. But if it’s an idea that has awakened your passion and inspiration, you may have a hard time letting it go. Your thoughts may keep returning to it again and again, trying to come up with a plan to make it happen, but instead you only get more confused and frustrated because you simply can’t

Have you ever been with a group of people, but felt alone? Imagine everyone knows each other, are talking to each other freely, and laughing over inside jokes, while you stood awkwardly feeling like you are invisible. How did it feel? Pretty bad, right? Now imagine if someone reached out to you and made a special effort to make you feel included. How amazing would that feel? When we are on the “inside” we tend