Forever is Perhaps a Bit Ambitious — My mom once said one of the most profound thing I have ever heard about relationships: “Marriages should be leases, and after ten years, you should get to choose if you would like to renew the lease or trade your partner in for a new or different model or simply…

How to Break the Toxic Family Issues in Your Life — I have made a grave error for much of my life. I have confused my relatives for my family. Personally, I think that Vin Diesel and the entire Fast and the Furious franchise did not help much and should take some responsibility for misrepresentation of the power of family. I have finally realized that my family is comprised of people who love me, lift me up, encourage me and celebrate my successes with me.

In a world where we are trying to cram productivity into every waking moment of the day, it can be hard to think of the luxury of certain things as significant. As I am starting to focus more on daily moments and interactions of my life rather than some future…

How to Stop Sabotaging Your Self-Growth — We teach people how to treat us by what we allow, tolerate, encourage, challenge and focus on. Stop shrinking yourself to make others feel comfortable. Stop trying to take up as little space as possible to minimize your greatness in a room of mediocrity. Stop trying to meet people’s expectations of how you should engage, present yourself and be in the world.

I was recently told I was beautiful…for my age. It was the first time the recognition or involvement of my age was connected to my physical attribute. To say it was surprising would ring true. To say upon reflection I was offended would be true as well. It was a…

It can be challenging to go, go, go all of the time, but successful people are not firing at all cylinders all of the time; that is why they are able to be successful most of the time. Being successful requires consistency on all fronts, and rest is a part of that pattern. Being successful requires you to bounce back after a bad day. That means you get twenty-four hours or less at the pity party before it’s back to the races.

How to Overcome The Feelings of Unhappiness in Your Daily Life — We are all in pursuit of the same thing in life. We are all trying to carve out a career, life and self-identity that we are happy with. We are all in the pursuit of happiness, but most of us fail at achieving this goal. Why? We do not understand…

How to Strengthen your Marriage and Move into a More Sustainable Relationshiop — Marriage is hard. Marriage takes a lot of work. Marriage can be very unfulfilling and lonely during certain chapters. Marriage is something some people regret. But if you are reading this, you are trying to make your marriage or common-law relationship work, which is great news. It is great news…

Success Requires Small, Significant Changes Done Daily — It can be exhausting to be efficient or think of ways to be more efficient. It can feel overwhelming to do more when you feel you are too busy to do anything meaningful. I used to react to the world around me instead of engaging with it in a meaningful…