Category Motivation

5 Ways You Made It to the Other Side

5 Ways You Made It to the Other Side

There was a night I cried over a broken kitchen cabinet. Not because I loved that cabinet, but because it wouldn’t close and neither could I. You know those moments where something tiny cracks and suddenly, you’re full-on sobbing like…

5 Insights I Gained Right After Nearly Giving Up

5 Insights I Gained Right After Nearly Giving Up

I almost quit everything over a soggy sandwich. I wish I was joking. But there I was — standing in my kitchen at 11:42 p.m., holding what was supposed to be dinner-slash-late-night-coping-fuel, only to find the bread soaked, the cheese…

Why This Really Matters We’re so used to thinking breakthroughs are loud, dramatic, maybe even Insta-worthy. But the truth? A life-changing breakthrough often looks painfully ordinary. It’s in the quiet unraveling. The random crying in Target. The “I can’t do this like I used to” moments. The slow, terrifying release of the version of you that everyone else loved—but you never truly felt safe being. This matters because we live in a world that claps for productivity, hustle, and overnight success. But what we really need is softness. A pause. A sacred what now? When you start noticing these little signs—when life begins to itch, stretch, and shift in quiet ways—that’s not failure. That’s evolution. That’s your next chapter tapping you on the shoulder. And the braver you get about listening, the clearer it all becomes. Conclusion So yeah—if you’ve been feeling weirdly emotional, kind of tired, and vaguely like you want to burn everything down but also maybe start a garden? I see you. You’re not behind. You’re not broken. You’re probably just on the edge of your life-changing breakthrough—and it’s not supposed to feel glamorous. It’s supposed to feel like this. Messy. Tender. Brave. You don’t have to have the whole plan. You just have to keep going. Keep noticing. Keep choosing honesty over hustle. Keep listening to that tiny whisper in you that says: “Maybe this isn’t the end. Maybe it’s the beginning.” Your breakthrough won’t always announce itself. Sometimes, it asks if you’re willing to show up without knowing the outcome. You are. You’re already doing it. So take the nap. Cry the tears. Laugh mid-spiral. And trust: you’re closer than you think.

5 Insights I Gained Right After Nearly Giving Up

I was halfway through crying into a lukewarm iced coffee when I realized something kind of terrifying. It wasn’t the coffee (though, let’s be real, watery caffeine is a personal betrayal). It was the fact that I had no idea…

5 Lessons I Learned After Overcoming My Darkest Days

5 Lessons I Learned After Overcoming My Darkest Days

It started with a granola bar. Not even a good one—like, stale, off-brand, probably-sat-in-my-purse-since-last-winter kind of granola bar. But there I was, sobbing over it on my bathroom floor like it held the secrets of the universe. I wish I…

5 Ways to Stop Hard Days From Defining Your Worth

5 Ways to Stop Hard Days From Defining Your Worth

The Time I Melted Down Over a Dirty Spoon There was this one Tuesday—gray sky, PMS fog, WiFi acting like it paid rent but did nothing—and I straight-up sobbed over a spoon. Not a fancy one. Just a slightly-stained cereal…