Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life

Confidence is not something we have by saying “Okay, I need to be confident right now.” True confidence comes from affirming ourselves regularly and treating ourselves kindly.

Authorize yourself.

We become the stories we tell ourselves,

At times, life seems to be one never-ending to-do list, but we must learn to disrupt the flood of life’s demands in order to replenish our energy so that we can fully show up for all of our passions and responsibilities.

There will always be people and circumstances that trigger our anger, sadness, or resentment, but when we allow those emotions to stay on a loop in our minds, that is on us, not on them. Instead, if we let go and allow the new day to bring new energy, we are given a clean slate to really understand what is upsetting us and problem-solve from a plac

Approach your life with the vibrancy of “I got this,” because at the end of the day . . . who is to say you don’t?

Take a deep breath and go for it. Don’t allow the energy of procrastination to create a staleness surrounding your dreams. Breath is a sign of the body living. When you inhale deeply, you are reminded that you are alive and that every moment represents a new possibility for you to step into your destiny.

No matter how much work we do on ourselves, stress and anxiety will still show up. Our work is not to avoid them; it isn’t to wrestle with them or “cope” with them. Stress and anxiety are unavoidable visitors.

Every thought, vision, and idea that frequently occurs in our psyche happens for a reason. Our dreams are our destiny’s way of communicating with us. We spend far too much of our time looking at our dreams through the veils of the challenges that live between us and our desires. When we approach our dreams with the energy that says “I can, I will,

befriend your ingredients the spicy, the sweet, the pain, the heartache, the gifts, the shame, and the shine