Self-Discovery

Secret Behind 50% YTD — Closing Energy Leaks Changed Everything For years, my biggest energy leaks were not in my habits or routines. They were in my marriage — and in my relationship with my mom. In my marriage, I kept losing energy. There was tension we didn’t talk about. Needs that were not met. I was holding together something that drained me more than it gave me. With my mom, it was her constant criticism. Her comparisons. Her undermining. Even when she thought she was helping, I always walked away feeling smaller, weaker, less myself. At the time, I didn’t see it clearly. I thought the answer was to push harder. To be more positive. To use more willpower. To try another productivity hack. I even told the Italian...

I thought love was about holding on to someone… until life showed me that the greatest gift of love is awakening. Opening We met at the gym for months. Altogether, we only talked for about ten minutes. He suggested having coffee several times, but I always refused. Then in May, he told me he would be leaving soon. And he asked me to do him a favor: to finally have a coffee with him. So I did. We met at Starbucks — three times, three cups of coffee over three weeks. And somewhere between those conversations, I saw love in his eyes, and I fell in love with him. And then, as planned, he left. The Gift of Leaving I used to think meeting him was the best gift of my life. Because...