I don’t do small talk. I also don’t want to talk about the weather. I want to truly connect. Because here’s the truth—most people walk through their days feeling really alone. And real change? It only happens in connection. So instead of asking,
When we choose not to forgive, to hold onto an old narrative, or to allow hurt to define the relationship, we hinder our ability to see the potential for change in others.
When we choose to trust people, we also choose to be vulnerable. When we choose to be vulnerable with people, we choose to trust them.
One of the toughest things is realizing that someone we love or care about or work with doesn't have what we need or want.
Boundaried not guarded. Self-preservation not protection. This is how I want to live my life. No matter how the hurts, the losses, and the disappointments, either by life or by people, I will not allow my heart to close off into protection and
I will never get to experience the pride of seeing my child score the winning goal or ace the test or be kind to a stranger or graduate or get the dream job or walk down the aisle to a
What we need to heal, to move forward, and even to forgive does not lie outside of us. It's in us. Is it harder without the accountability, without the I'm sorry, without the change on their part? Of course. And still, I promise, what
People can change.If I didn't believe that, I would go do something else for a living.Sometimes, they don't want to change.*Sometimes, they change too late.*Sometimes, the hurt has been too much, and it doesn't matter to you if they change.*People
Quite possibly one of the best compliments. Two days in a place I never expected that my work would bring me, and yet I was back for the third time in the Panhandle of Nebraska. Monday it was day one of
If I didn't believe people couldn't learn, grow, and change, I would go do something else for a living. Sometimes they don't want to. Sometimes they make you think for a long while they won't either. And yet, we all
