“Perfectionism doesn’t make you feel perfect. It makes you feel inadequate.” ~Maria Shriver My name is Steffi, and I am a recovering perfectionist. T...
“Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It’s a way of entering into the quiet that’s already there.” ~Deepak Chopra Have you ever felt ov...
“Not all toxic people are cruel and uncaring. Some of them love us dearly. Many of them have good intentions. Most are toxic to our being simply beca...
“If you love yourself, it doesn’t matter if other people don’t like you because you don’t need their approval to feel good about yourself.” ~Lori Des...
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” ~Dalai Lama In my mid-thirties, my active and ad...
“Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world. ~Wayne Dyer Driving home from another visit to the pediatr...
“Whatever you’re feeling, it will eventually pass. You won’t feel sad forever. At some point, you will feel happy again. You won’t feel anxious forev...
“If there is love in your heart, it will guide you through your life. Love has its own intelligence.” ~Sadhguru Love was something I craved for most ...
I wanted to be Mary Tyler Moore’s “Mary Richards” TV character from the 1970s. She had exactly what I wanted: independence and an exciting life! But ...
“Walk away from people who put you down. Walk away from fights that will never be resolved. Walk away from trying to please people who will never see...
“Just being there for someone can sometimes bring hope when all seems hopeless.” ~Dave G. Llewellyn Have you ever found yourself in a situation where...
Here’s what I know about grief: There is no measuring stick. The loss of a mother, father, sister, brother (or all of the above), the loss of a husba...