Learn how to identify your core values and why living according to your personal values improves mental health, reduces anxiety, and builds self-respect.

Here's the truth you don't want to hear: the reason you're chasing someone who doesn't choose you has nothing to do with how special they are. It has everything to do with how you feel about yourself. When you have healthy self-esteem, you don't chase. You don't beg for someone's time, attention, or affection

You know something needs to be said. It's been sitting in your chest for weeks—maybe months. Every time you're around this person, you feel it. The tension. The unspoken thing. The boundary that's been crossed repeatedly. But you don't say anything. You tell yourself it's not worth the conflict but then the relationship slowly dies…

You say yes when you mean no. You apologize for things that aren't your fault. This is people-pleasing. And it's not kindness. It's self-abandonment.

What if I told you that most of your anxiety, your stress, your overwhelm isn't caused by what's actually happening to you? It's caused by the stories your mind tells about what's happening. And the scariest part? You probably don't even realize you're listening

Being hypersensitive to what people say can feel like walking through the world without skin. A casual comment from a coworker becomes a personal attack. Constructive feedback feels like character assassination. If you find yourself replaying conversations for days, searching for evidence that someone doesn't like you, or feeling emotionally devastated by the smallest critique—you're not alone, and you're not broken.

The aftermath of narcissistic abuse is a particular kind of devastation. It's not just heartbreak—it's an identity crisis. You look in the mirror and don't recognize the person staring back. When did you become so small, so apologetic, so desperate for crumbs of affection from someone who only fed you when it served them?

The moment you accept that no one is coming to save you is the moment you become free. Not the kind of freedom that comes from having no obligations, but the deeper freedom that comes from recognizing that you are the author of your own life. This is the foundation of what psychologist Nathaniel Branden called self-responsibility—one of the six pillars of self-esteem and perhaps the most transformative practice you will ever undertake.

Becoming a new Mom is a time of the most pure joy - AND can also shake our identity to our core. We are never alone, but can feel totally lonely.