Self-Empowerment

As a senior in college, everyday is a constant game of “who’s going to ask me what I want to be when I grow up today?” The answers I rattle off are routine now, but the answers I want to give are [...]

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to live more in the now. It seems that I am always looking ahead to the next thing, thinking about what I’m going to do next, what I need to get done, [...]

I’ve lost old boyfriends to testosterone and dishonesty and incompatibility; we’re still too young to prioritize what feels right from what feels easy from hours of homework. We’re still too [...]

Often we’re told being selfish is bad. It’s disrespectful, shameful, and wrong. But we are all selfish. Every one of us. We act to serve ourselves. We eat what tastes good to us, befriend [...]

I remember my middle school years: my body standing with a steady sixty-two pounds from fifth grade through eighth when my smallness stopped its market cuteness and morphed into concern; the [...]

Transitioning from one job to another is never an easy time in a person’s life. That is certainly true for students like myself who change jobs in high school or college. Recently, I left my job [...]

In my experience with couples and my own past relationships-after years of not nurturing a relationship, discussions can quickly turn towards blaming, insulting, and shouting “you [...]

I grew up with my identical twin, who was an incredibly loving brother. Now, one thing about being a twin is that it makes you an expert at spotting favoritism. If his cookie was even slightly [...]

Recently I asked a bunch of my friends and colleagues to complete a short survey about their experience within a couple-ship, past or present. I’ve also been Counseling/Coaching couples for [...]

I have a confession: I am failing. The severity of 30 degree temperatures reminds me that February is landing, only five days away. And I am failing devastatingly; one of my New Years Resolutions [...]