Trauma is the problem and the solution. — Life can feel like a repeat of yesterday and that’s because you’re stuck in a pattern. It isn’t rocket science. But because it’s a simple truth, we overlook it. We think there must be something bigger at play. Nope. It’s not that you don’t know you can do something else…

What my grandma taught me about self-love. — My grandma used to say that if you only have one shirt and pair of pants, you better wash them every night, starch, iron them, and wear them the next day with pride. Loving yourself is like investing in Apple stocks in 1990. The returns you’ll get will blow your…

We’re all searching for answers. Little do we know, that’s the problem. — Like groundhog day, I wake up and wonder how I’m about to do the same thing again. We’re all searching for answers. Little do we know, that’s the problem. People come to me and say that they like this or that about me. They think something I said or did…

Your life force is only in this moment. So you’ll feel frustrated whenever you are concerned about something you can’t control. — Like a young plant, my job is to soak up the rays of light around me, nourish myself with the environment, and trust that one day I will bloom. I wish I had known how the process of success worked sooner. I realized wanting to know what to do next…

Doing what we’re told doesn’t lead to uncommon success. — When you start cracking the matrix, there’s no turning back. Life is about the red or blue pill. If you aren’t shaking things up, the world will give your snow globe a shake for you. I’m a hater when it comes to the options society presents us with regarding the…

The way out of getting reactive to your job, your spouse’s request, or your kids’ demands, is to know that every feeling has a reason. — When I receive more work at work, a part of me sighs. It’s like it’s not fair. But, of course, it is. It’s what I signed up for. Could it be that what bothers me when I receive more work, have to meet a deadline, and do what’s required of…

I understand the process of achieving success. It’s about squeezing your butt cheeks and going for what you want despite how terrified you are. — My reward is writing. That’s how sick I am — I’m becoming a fanatic like Michael Jordan was with basketball. But I promise wanting to practice my craft is a sickness of the best kind. For starters, my appetite for writing is becoming hard to satiate. I’m getting to a…

It takes time to build confidence because determining what direction to go in can feel confusing. — I’m starting to take myself seriously with my writing. I hadn’t really buckled down and committed to writing for a while. I wrote a lot, but I knew deep down that I wasn’t dedicated, which posed the question of what I was doing with my time. Was it a hobby? …

When you allow people to see you, it’s a quiet invitation for them to let you see them, too — what a joyous occasion. — I’m not a good communicator because I have eloquent speech – well, sometimes I do – but I’m a good communicator because I know how to articulate myself and how I feel in real-time. If I’m stuttering over something, I can acknowledge that my brain is moving faster than my…