The Answer to Dealing with Life’s Unexpected Blows
We just experienced a (very) big and unexpected life expense. Our water heater went out. Ugh, the water heater. Not even a fancy appliance like a refrigerator or something that people can actually see....
View ArticleNever Move on from Love
Someone said to me the other day. Christina, you must have not moved on. You are still writing about your loss. I have to tell you my first response was to shake my head and dismiss it. As it is such...
View ArticleHow to Respect Yourself & Why It Sucks at First
People cross their own boundaries all the time. They say “Yes” when every cell in their body means, “No.” Help someone else when they’re already stretched to the max. Keep toxic people in their life...
View ArticleLiving Well with Fatigue
Do you consistently have enough energy? No? You aren’t alone. And while this isn’t a bulleted, 10-point-quick-fix article full of ginseng and grandiose promises, it is one neatly packed with valuable...
View ArticleSharing Your Perspectives in Polarizing Times
We are in interesting times…Times where we often hear or believe that people have become too sensitive, taking offense to “every little thing.” Times where we often hear or believe that it’s good that...
View ArticleWhat Is the Best Writing Advice You Have Received?
I was thrown out of graduate school because I thought women would only like me if I published a novel. So every day, starting in 1990, I wrote 3,000 words a day. I’d go up to girls in bars and ask if I...
View ArticleThe Problem with Manifestation Techniques and What That Psychic Told You....
The problem with a lot of prediction and manifestation techniques is that we tend to forget that other humans are involved in our manifesting. And we can’t control other humans—as much as we would love...
View ArticleThe Power of Making a Decision
Every moment of every day, we make decisions. Sometimes those decisions are small and inconsequential, and sometimes those decisions are life-altering. In the end, though, the outcome of your day, your...
View ArticleWe Don’t Have to Find Our Purpose: Our Purpose Is Going to Find Us
I am going to start with transcending one of the most repeated lies and that is that you can figure your purpose out. No, you can’t. Period. I have suffered over this “advice” for long enough to be...
View ArticleStart Making Space for Your Partner to Grow
It was a little before 7 AM on Saturday morning when Alex sat down in his living room with his first cup of coffee. He was up a little bit earlier than usual because a strange noise had awakened him...
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