We meet a lot of people in our lives - from school to work to casual encounters. Some become friends for life, while others become family, and others are in our lives for a certain time frame. Perhaps just a passing day, month, or a couple years. Each encounter, each human we meet, leaves an ...
Accepting Change
Written by contributing blogger, Sonia Sahota. This August marked one year since I packed up my things from Boston and moved down to the suburbs of Connecticut. It is incredible how much you can learn about yourself in twelve months. A year ago, I was living in the heart of the North End and spent ...
the company you keep
People always say, you're judged by the company you keep. But what about the impact of the people you keep upon you? They either lift you up or make you a worse human being. Less of who you are. Less of who you want to be or imagined yourself as. How do you want to ...
Holding Space for Everyone
Written by contributing blogger, Daniela Forte. I have held space for everyone. Been doing it since I was a child. I didn’t realize this until recently when someone pointed it out. I thought, “Shit, I’ve let everyone in!” Were you a good person, you had a space, a bad person you had a space too. ...
Finding the Work-Life Balance as a Single Woman
Written by contributing blogger, Daniela Forte. Are you married? Do you have kids? Those are the two most asked questions a woman in her 30s and younger are asked these days. All the time. There aren’t any questions about whether we love our careers or are we even happy with our lives. Those questions are hardly if ever ...
the ugly reality of comparison
Don't compare your step one to someone's step 25. Easier said than done right? The things we compare: our looksour weightour intelligenceour careerour salariesour personal lives and evolution Why can't we help it? Society has us in a cycle of comparison and wanting to be better. Showing us what "success" should look like. Do we all need ...
Find Your Tribe and Love Them Hard
Written by contributing blogger, Daniela Forte. This overly used saying is plastered everywhere on social media, on portraits in stores and in so many others places. But it’s not just a saying, it’s truth. Our tribes are a group of like-minded individuals who share the same passions, goals and genuinely care for one another on a level that isn’t ...
Soulmates or friends?
What's your reality? The romantic comedies, the tv shows, the novels, and even some of us, think there is one soulmate out there for each of us. And somehow in those movies in all the people in the world, somehow their soulmate is just around the corner, a high school sweetheart, or a prince who just ...
Don’t let the past rule your future
The problem many of us have is that we compare our past to our present, and what our future may hold. Yes, it's great to learn from our past, but it shouldn't dictate what we do and how we evaluate things going forward in every respect. So what makes sense and doesn't? Learn from the ...
Choose Happiness
Think back...do you remember days when it was hard to focus on your priorities. Whether it was due to a breakup, a bad day at work, a disconnection from a loved one, or a loss of confidence in your ability. It sucks, right? How can we move forward without feeling stuck. Paralyzed. Consumed by the crap ...