Self-Empowerment

My body has become a frenemy. Our relationship could be described as on again, off again. Sometimes I hate it, but other times, I, well, like it. It’s not surprising that my feelings are erratic [...]

“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” -Percy Bysshe Shelley Second morning waking to the loathed music of winter: the hard shovel scrape as it delves into the iced-over snow and against [...]

The Strange Truth About The Power of Intention This post is almost a follow on from my previous one, ‘Why Positive Thinking Sucks’, because, like that post I’m going to take a look at an area of [...]

Another year concludes with fancy hors d’oeuvres: brie-cheese and sodium-free tortilla chips, washed down by Prosecco and Smirnoff; Cheers! Hope tantalizes the threshold of 2015, the ball-drops, [...]

Prior to writing this post, I searched the word “procrastination” on Google and found about 13,600,000 results. That tells me that you are certainly not alone if you have [...]

We each have our own belief systems that help govern our lives. These belief systems – and the actions that support them – are often crafted in childhood. What starts as survival [...]

A habit is a shortcut that makes your life easier because you don’t have to spend energy choosing at that point – it’s mentally exhausting thinking about every action, every behavior. [...]

I create a Bucket List to overcome fears, to push myself past my self-imposed limitations, to soak up all that life has in store, with intention towards what I want to attract and learn.  I [...]

As a senior in high school I’ve found that I have a lot of time to look back and reflect on the choices that I made in the past. As I await the news of my college application, I think about my [...]

It begins your Junior Year of college: Single Shaming. It’s that time when your relationship status is no longer a silly Facebook indicator or a reason bragging rights or a show of ‘how much ass’ [...]