Trauma & Resilience

Making Peace with Money after a Lifetime in Survival Mode
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Making Peace with Money after a Lifetime in Survival Mode

I’ve had a complicated relationship with money for my entire life. I don’t come from any to begin with, and I don’t mean this in a sort of we-weren’t-rich way; I mean it in a food-stamps-and-repossessed-cars way. I was extremely fortunate to have been sent to a private, Catholic school for nine years by my grandparents,…

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Save Your Sanity with a Gratitude List

Unless you’re just waking up from a multi-year coma, you probably know that the interwebs are full of negativity these days (often justifiable outrage, but adding to the negativity in the air nonetheless). No matter which side of things you find yourself aligning with, I’m sure you’ve felt your fair share of hostility. Your feathers…

Transformation, Positivity in the New Year
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Transformation, Positivity in the New Year

OMG! It happened! It’s here: 2017. For many, 2016 was a long, arduous year, but my household didn’t have time to come up for air. The months flew by. I clearly remember this time last year, living in my old house in Florida, knowing our family was about to decide where to relocate, and the future was…