[gap height="15"] “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? Yo[...]
"You're so quiet", "Are you okay?", "You're not chatty enough", "You need to speak up". If you're an introvert (like me), you've probably heard these phrases, and many more, countless times. You probably also have felt pressured to always explain that you're not "anti-social", you're not that shy a[...]
A popular song back in the day by Four Seasons and a popular song in our day by Fergie, Big Girls Don't Cry suggests that crying is not something that "big" girls do; crying instead is associated with the characteristic of little girls. We live in a society where crying is a sign of weakness. Boys/[...]
I recently ran across this great blog post chain series entitled, "Things I'm Afraid to Tell You", and many bloggers were sharing their most vulnerable personal thoughts and feelings with their readers. I thought it was so awesome how transparent they were and thought it would be an awesome idea to[...]