Money can be awesome. Friends can be great. Family can be dependable. Life can definitely be crazy. And each day typically brings a new surprise where you're wondering what is going to happen next. You may plan, and plan, but the best thing you can do is worry less about the plans, and think more ...
Buttoning Up the Year with Gratitude
Written by contributing blogger, Daniela Forte. I can’t honestly say I have been grateful for everything this year. While I have had some wonderful moments happen and I have met some new people who have shown me kindness I hadn’t seen in a long time, I found gratitude to be lacking in my life. I have instead ...
What is self love?
People define self love in a few different ways. For some it's about the bath and glass of wine at the end of a rough day. For others it's about grinding at the gym or popping on a great movie to unwind and forget the world for a minute. But is that enough? I definitely appreciate ...
The Legacy of Giving
Written by contributing blogger, Daniela Forte. A few weeks ago, a great-aunt of mine passed away. She had been ill for quite some time, it was expected that at any moment, she would pass away. What we didn’t expect however, is how much of her life would have an impact on the family. In the last few ...
Avoid the quicksand
...the pitfalls that keep pulling you in, despite the voice in your head to step away. You don't want to keep repeating the same mistakes. Isn't there a saying from Albert Einstein stating, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results”. But why do we do ...
Don’t forget your girlfriends…
It happens to the best of us. We get wrapped up in our daily madness, our relationships, and realize that we're letting time fly by. Before our relationships, before our houses, and our kids, there was that group of friends you called your best friends. Your girlfriends. Your soulmates. They came over on Friday nights ...
Finding Forgiveness and Letting Go
Written by contributing blogger, Daniela Forte. The title of this post is exactly what I am struggling with right now. I was terribly hurt by a friend of mine recently and finding a way to forgive this person and letting it all go is a one day at a time process. I have focused lately on all ...
the power of hate
...have you ever realized the energy that animosity, frustration, anger, stress, and hate sucks out of you? It's more tiring than anything else. It zaps you of the good energy and fills you with a worse version of yourself. But what about when someone enters your life and and brings out the worst version of ...
i am enough…
Ever had a day that you felt like you weren't good enough for your relationship? Like your significant other had the upper hand, and you never felt like you were enough for him or her? Or that you were not doing enough for your current job? Or that your body was not the same as ...
What is your everything?
Many of us as adults try to accomplish it all. Have it all. We want to have the career, the body, the family, the money, the vacation, and the happiness. Can we? Sure why the hell not. I once said you could have it all (insert post link here), and I mean it. It’s all about ...