Learning to love yourself means that you accept yourself fully, treat yourself with kindness and respect, and nurture your growth and well-being. It encompasses how you feel about yourself, think about yourself, and how you treat yourself.

Any impulsive reaction usually, at some point, requires a cleanup action, when you must apologize and try to repair the damage. In some cases, the wounds are too deep.

Are you a giver? I am. I’ll do anything possible for anyone, anytime. I have spent most of my life taking care of others, putting myself second, and sometimes, third, fourth or fifth.

How many times has someone told you that he or she was going to do something and then it never materialized?

I am the queen of procrastination, always have been. I recognized that I needed to develop better time management practices. Here are a few of my favorite ways to stay on task.

It has become common practice for people to send a quick text rather than engage in a phone conversation. In some cases, a text may be sufficient communication. But, what about when a friend or loved one is going through a crisis? Is a text enough?

As we travel through the journey of life, we may stumble upon a person who changes the trajectory of where we thought we were heading.

The moment you take responsibility for everything in your life is the moment you can change anything in your life.

Just because you’re having a day or two (or sometimes month or year) that isn’t going your way, doesn’t mean you’re having a bad life. Look past the sadness to the gifts and lessons that are being offered. Remember that those bad days make you appreciate the good. Embrace them.