Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. ...

Where’s the well-worn path? •Can someone else do the work? •Wait. It’s all on me?

You can’t skip the hard stuff. It’s where true healing and growth happen.

It takes courage to say yes to rest and play in a culture where exhaustion is seen as a status symbol. - Brene Brown

Stop the spinning wheel? • My life is a standing desk • What the heck is rest?

We’re gonna keep this real simple: What is rest? And how do you do it?

I'll be alone with you.

Pure love wrapped in fur • Docile, eager, clumsy, sweet • Our odd little guy

March 19, 2021, we lost our sweet kitty, Max. A year later, I find myself reflecting on his life.

Grief changes us. The pain sculpts us into someone who ....

Grief: old and new pain • Pain: the consequence of love • Love, which ends in grief

I get caught in the tension of pushing in and pulling away from love for fear of the pain I know comes when all that's left are memories.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. - Margaret Mead

We are all unique • Different strokes and different folks • Does this include me?

I find people to be endlessly fascinating. But, what about me?

Our thoughts are real, but they’re not necessarily true.

Trust without question • There will never be enough • I will protect you

There is a part of me that wants to protect myself from everything, even the good things in life.

Change is hard in the beginning, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end. - Robin Sharma

Let’s stay here, always • Wrapped in the safety of now • Never facing fear

I would love to be the kind of person who spontaneously … does something. I am not.

To live with desire is to choose vulnerability over self-protection; to ... seek help beyond ourselves is even more vulnerable.

Give me the good stuff. • Never as good as the last. • Let it never end.

I know eternal bliss is unattainable, but tell that to my dopamine-chasing brain!