Rebuilding is always a choice. After a painful experience with betrayal, you have the option to rebuild yourself and move on, or if the situation lends itself — if you’re willing and if you want to, you may have the option to rebuild an entirely new relationship with the person…

It’s as if the person you loved, the one you trusted — just took a mask off, revealing who they have really been this whole time. Your heartbreaks and the pain is so raw, so real, so all-consuming — you can barely breathe. You feel like you got sucker-punched, nothing…

You couldn’t brace yourself, because you never saw it coming. You didn’t have your guard up because you thought you were safe. It never crossed your mind that the person you loved, you trusted, you felt safe with — would ever hurt you. You gave your heart, your love, your…

It’s so common to self-sabotage in a relationships. My first TEDx “Stop Sabotaging Yourself” is about this topic and while it’s so common, it’s often so subtle we don’t even realize we’re doing it. So why do we do this? Here are 6 reasons: 1.We often do this because there’s…

Studies are confirming what has long been taught in Buddhism and other traditions. Developing more compassion for yourself will make you happier and more successful at reaching your goals. Whatever your spiritual beliefs, there are lots of benefits of self-compassion and ways to make it a healthy practice for life…

So maybe you’ve been able to forgive those who’ve hurt you. If so, you probably noticed a release, a sense of relief, a feeling of freedom because you let go of the power that pain had over you. …

Self-sabotage is a uniquely human behavior. Many of us sabotage ourselves when we decide we want something by doing everything we can to ensure we don’t get it. Sound familiar? (I talk about it in my first TEDx: Stop Sabotaging Yourself.) …

Complaining. Sure it may feel better in the moment, like you’re letting out some steam, but it actually does more harm than good. In fact, a study by Stanford University found that complaining may be more dangerous than you think. …

If you’ve experienced betrayal or the shattering of trust from the person you trusted the most, It’s very likely you’ve also experienced the dark night of the soul. What’s that? It’s rock bottom. There’s a sense of despair and eventual surrender at the realization that our old self, life, beliefs…