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...
This is me. No makeup, messy hair, flushed and sweaty from the gym. I am much more comfortable now with the face I see when I look in the mirror. Just like this, I am enough. I am worthy of love, respect, and appreciation. Sometimes I...
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...
“Heart Mandala” (2011), by Tracy Hart. Collage on paper. I never feel ready for important things: meeting a writing deadline, teaching a workshop, any kind of ending or beginning that needs acknowledgement. A sense of readiness usually arrives a few moments after I am forced to...
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...
Paradoxically, what immediately surfaces for me when i consider enoughness is the consistent and persistent feedback I have received about being too much. Not being enough has its roots for me in being told I am too much. I have been told repeatedly that I am too...