Category: Money and Simplicity

There’s this idea we carry—quiet and heavy—that if we feel too much, cry too often, or get overwhelmed by the weight of things, then something must be wrong with us. That maybe we’re too sensitive. Too emotional. Too weak. But the truth is, feeling deeply isn’t a flaw. It’s a strength. It means we’ve let…

Starting over used to feel like failure to me. Like I had lost something, or wasted time, or fallen behind. But now, I see it differently. I see it more like a season—just one part of the rhythm of being alive. Nature is always beginning again. The tree doesn’t mourn its fallen leaves. It lets…

Money, like water or sunlight, isn’t good or bad in itself. It’s just a resource—something that flows, something we work with. And just like water, it can nourish or drown. Just like sunlight, it can grow life or burn. It all depends on how we use it. I used to feel a lot of shame…

For so long, I thought my body was something I had to fix. Like it was wrong until proven worthy—too soft, too big, too different. I’d stand in front of the mirror and zero in on every part that didn’t match what I’d been taught to admire. And somewhere along the way, I stopped seeing…

We put so much pressure on ourselves to get parenting right. To say all the right things, do all the right things, never lose our cool, always know the answer. But that kind of perfection doesn’t exist—and honestly, it’s not what our kids need most. What they need is you. Not some polished, superhuman version…