The day I graduated from college with a business degree was what I thought to be the beginning of a successful career in the corporate world. I had dreams to shatter the glass ceiling and climb my way to the top. A year into my first corporate job I was beginning to lose sight of […]
Advice
Why Life Actually is Rainbows & Butterflies
We’ve all heard the saying “life isn’t all rainbows and butterflies” or perhaps, someone has told you this about achieving a goal, moving to a new place or whatever it may be. The meaning of the saying is, basically, it’s not always happy and simple. But actually, life is all rainbows and butterflies. Change, grief, […]
Toxic Positivity
Let me start off by screaming on the top of my lungs F*** TOXIC POSITIVITY!!! Because you know what? Hardly ever, is this world all rainbows and butterflies. The truth is, life is hard. Life hurts and it’s confusing. Life just sometimes flat out sucks (full disclosure: I’m eating a pint of ice cream as […]
You Don’t Have to Love Yourself
Self-love seems to be everyone’s lifelong pursuit. We all strive to reach a point where we can say that no matter what “I unconditionally love myself”. Self love is a great concept but if you’re constantly pinching yourself in the mirror to measure your imperfections, self love can feel impossible. Being a perfectionist, this drove […]
Discussing Race as a White Person
Unless you’ve been living under a rock (and perhaps not even then), you know that America is going through a major crisis right now. Every day, more evidence of the issues of systemic racism and internal biases is brought to the public eye, igniting debates and hard discussions on many platforms and in many homes. […]