I was born serious. My mother says I came out of the womb telling the doctor what to do. I love to read, research, and study while others...

I find myself not belonging in all the familiar places. I’ve stretched beyond the boundaries of my family of origin, beyond my...

This Blog was originally published on plaidforwomen.com When she looked in the mirror, she saw herself as an obedient daughter and a...

In the Christmas season, there is much talk about peace — messages like: Peace on Earth; World Peace; May Your Year be Filled with Peace...

I’m caught in a cycle. Every morning I tell myself I’m going to accomplish THE THING. You know the one, the thing that I’ve been pushing...

50,000 times a day we talk to ourselves, according to researchers. Sadly, 80% of it is negative — I shouldn’t have said that . . . She...

On my 50 birthday I awoke jobless, homeless, alone for the first time in 30 years and able to say "I'm better than I should be." I was...

"Please stop. That’s too much. I really can’t handle any more affirmation. Those powerful, positive statements you are making about me...

I crawled into Downtown Fort Worth at peak rush hour this morning. With this crawl, came two options: dread or hope. With the push of a...

We are all writing our own story — living our autobiographies. An author writing a novel starts with a rough idea, progresses to an...

“I have participated in every bad decision I’ve ever made. I’ve talked myself out of exercising and into dessert. I’ve been present at...

The day the counselor suggested I was carrying around some shame, I protested, “That’s not even possible. I grew up in a healthy, solid,...

The big lie: You have to have more points. This is the message we are always hearing, you need more — more money, more help, more time....

Stress simply comes from not accepting the current moment, according to Oprah. I know what you are thinking, “That can’t be true! Stress...

We live in a thoroughly edited and completely Photoshopped world. Everything we see and hear leaves us comparing ourselves to a cinema...

Rules. We all live by rules. Arrive at work on time. Stop at red lights. Wash your own dish. Rules make the world go round -- rules in...