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You can twist yourself into all kinds of shapes and sizes, but no amount of contorting will ever get you the love or approval you seek. I would know. I have spent the majority of my life attempting just that. If someone doesn’t accept you for who you are – as you are – nothing

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I gave up. I had gotten to a point where I felt defeated in an ongoing struggle. I was disappointed, sad, angry, and incredibly frustrated with a situation that was going absolutely nowhere. In a desperate attempt to reclaim a state of inner calm, it occurred to me that I had a choice. To continue

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It’s natural to be protective when you get hurt. What is not so obvious is the toll that ends up taking on our relationships. Because the ways we protect ourselves end up affecting, and most likely hurting, others, as well as ourselves. We all carry scars from the trauma we have endured. These scars define

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When love and/or approval has been withheld, is it any wonder we question our worth? When we are not accepted, it is inevitable that we will seek it out. But love and/or approval that is not freely given is always conditional. And anything conditional will only perpetuate this negative state of affairs. When we have

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