For as long as I can remember I have desperately wanted to belong. I have always felt odd, apart from, and less than ~ a freak among the ordinary shine. I have a secret compartment inside my mind that holds a big stick with which...
I was born into the energy of “I am not enough”. My mother had it, my father had it, my culture reeked of it. My mother was mentally ill, my father was a recovering addict turned preacher…both trying to prove they were enough living as...
I am enough. Surely I came into this world knowing this, yet somehow, I sloughed off this belief layer by layer. And replaced it with hard-edged, cruel fillers: I am ugly. I am dumb. I am inarticulate. I am certainly not enough. The hows and whys of this deflating departure are...
Let me start by asking, how many of you have struggled with the thought that you are not where you always thought you would be, by now? Having this opportunity to write my thoughts on being enough could not have come at a better time for...
Since I was 6 years old, I had one dream: to be on Broadway. It was my air, my food, my water, my drug, my life, my passion, and my identity. I chased it and chased it hard, spending time and money and love for...
I've been thinking about stories. About how everything is a story. About how every thought is really its own story. About how logic doesn't necessarily matter because if it feels true to you, it is true for you. About how beliefs are really just stories that we've been told...
What will I say...
I’m just like you, I’ve had defining moments in my life; my brother dying when I was 6, or my parents divorce when I was 15, or getting divorced myself when I was 30. There were also positive experiences that helped define who I am,...
Just the thought of writing a post on “I Am Enough” had me feeling like I wasn’t enough, funny how my inner critic wanted to jump right in and sabatoge me. The fact that I am here and still writing should send a message loud...
I'm nobody - nobody famous, that is - but I am somebody. I breathe. I think. I move. I talk. I love. I am loved. I serve. I give. I take. I have wants, wishes and dream. I have opinions. I am enough. Most days I...