Saying “no.” “Drawing the line.” “Putting your heels into the sand.” “Having boundaries.” “Standing up for yourself.” These are words that should get more repetition in your vocabulary, like Destiny’s Child’s: “No, No, No, NO!” [ BOUNDARIES ] It’s difficult to say no to people, especially when your no’s are met with theirs. YOU: “No, […]
A while back, I was talking on the phone with a friend, who’s thinking of changing jobs. Anyone who’d meet this woman would think “Whoa. Now THAT is a successful chica.” I see her as a very confident person. On my self-critical days, when I’m in compare-mode, I’m jealous of her career success. She seems […]
I learned a lot in university, but not really how REAL life works. So there I was all graduated with big plans of taking Academia by storm. In hindsight, not so much because I really wanted to work in Academia but more because I didn’t know any different. Diploma in hand, I started out on […]
I’m fascinated with the notion that there is only one you on this earth – ever, maybe even in the universe, if I’m feeling fanciful and philosophic. As I’m browsing one of the books I bought on intuitive art, I read a quote by Nietzsche which speaks to that notion of uniqueness: “At the bottom, […]
For me, this is a struggle sometimes, and I know I’m not alone in this. So I decided to write this post to remind all of us powerful, at times, insecure, ladies of all that we’re capable of. Right now, I want to remind you to believe in your own potential, even though you: 🤔 […]
There’s a strength, honesty, and vulnerability in accepting that you don’t know what you’re doing most of the time. Let’s face it. None of us knows what we’re doing. But we all love to pretend on Facebook and Instagram. Or do you? When you sink down on the couch with a heavy feeling – because […]
Some days I forget, as I’m typing away on my laptop in my home office, that I’m so much further along than I was in 2016 and ’17. For one, I have a home office, AND I go to a co-working space, and where ever I am that day, I learn more and more, I […]
For a while there, I kept asking myself “What’s my passion?”And I just couldn’t come up with an answer, except for I don’t know. I’d get so frustrated. *ARGH!* “Why don’t I have a passion?” “I don’t have a clue as to what I DO want.” “What will become of me?“ Albert Einstein is quoted […]
And here we are again. Another blank page on my computer screen at the tail end of summer. The leaves are already turning brownish, the days have already shortened, and that nice summer shine has the sting of a cold breeze that chills you to the bone. Sometimes my intro’s might seem a little random […]
Do you recognise this scenario? You have a whole list of important things to do for your business, and you’re ready to do it, but instead, you decide that it would be an opportune moment to… start cleaning out your closet, Marie Kondo Style, putting all your spices and herbs in alphabetical order, getting the […]