Leading a Quiet Life in a Noisy World As you know, I often write about redefining success. I came across this striking quote earlier this week and wanted to share it with you. It beautifully captures my life mantra: “We urge you, brothers and sisters… to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life.” (1 Thessalonians 4:11) My definition of success has narrowed down to a quiet life—not a famous life, not a be-the-best life, not a stressed life. By quiet, I mean intentional, insp

As a therapist—and a human being—who’s a recovering (and sometimes relapsing) control-freak-perfectionist, many of my writings keep returning to the themes of ambition and redefining success. A Truth I Keep Circling Back To Lately, I keep circling around a certain truth, and I want to share it—I hope it will encourage you, too: You can have big dreams for the future and still be completely content in the present. And they can flip-flop, because life is unpredictable, messy, a

The greatest indicator that I have given my power away to someone or something outside of myself is reaching a point where I have no joy left inside me. Then I lose my confidence. Then I lose my inner peace. Then I lose my passion. Then I lose myself. As I mentioned in my previous blog post, a few years ago, that season of loss led me into an identity crisis, therapy, and saying goodbyes. I became discontent and disconnected from myself. I was stuck. As I looked at my brand a

I recently watched the Netflix documentary, “Martha,” and found it inspiring and validating because of the life lessons I’ve learned over the last few years. Specifically, redefining what success looks like for me. One of the major changes I made was to only write and create when I feel inspired from my personal life. I never put stuff out there just to put it out there. I must live it and feel it so you can feel it too. I want my writing to be personal and relatable. I want

Helping you embrace seasons of quiet, rest, and reflection when you're an ambitious woman who wants to write and create.