I remember gazing up at a sterile white wall. I was in one of those flimsy hospital gowns and my heart was beating so fast. I remember taking a heavy, labored breath and tears streamed down my face. That was the moment. The moment I realized that I had been in prison. Not actual prison, […]
Have you ever felt like your life is running you instead of you running your life? Emphasis on the word ‘running.’ You know, the days where you’re running late to yet another appointment. With a To-Do List miles long that seems to be winning. And when you DO have 5 minutes to actually glance at […]
Do you know that you deserve better in a relationship? Do you wonder why other people seem to thrive and get all this attention and adoration from a partner (or the world at large) when you seem to give and give and get crumbs back? Do you feel frustrated, annoyed or just plain dumbfounded at […]
It starts off innocently. You’re in a great mood-feeling pretty good about your day. You go to your computer and log into Facebook. Or Gmail. You’re sifting through, humming along and and you see it. “Just engaged-I said YES!” “I just crossed $50k/month in my online business!” “Dear (you), OMG, I am finally doing it! […]
Flashback. Circa 2006/2007. San Francisco. “Cecilia!!! He didn’t do anything!! Anything!!!” I came out of dive bar with my friend, wailing because my boyfriend at the time hadn’t done anything romantic or grand for the big V-day (I had told him casually that I didn’t care for the holiday and well, being an engineer he […]