‘One Word’: TRAUMA

‘One Word’: TRAUMA

‘One Word’: TRAUMA My ‘One Word’ this week is: TRAUMA In the early years of my marriage, I depended on my wife to make me whole. Sharon really was my world. She was brilliant and strong and confident, everything I’d always wanted to be. She still is! Sharon’s a...
‘One Word’: QUITTING

‘One Word’: QUITTING

‘One Word’: QUITTING My ‘One Word’ this week is: QUITTING I didn’t tell my wife I was quitting my corporate career for good. Why? Because even I didn’t see it coming. Let me explain. I was the head of marketing at an online lingerie company with a culture that didn’t...
‘One Word’: SURVIVOR

‘One Word’: SURVIVOR

‘One Word’: SURVIVOR My ‘One Word’ this week is: SURVIVOR Feeling invisible as a child left me clinging for decades to an idea of what I should be, without ever considering who I really was. My childhood was CHALLENGING. Being sandwiched between two high-achieving...
‘One Word’: RESENTER

‘One Word’: RESENTER

‘One Word’: RESENTER My ‘One Word’ this week is: RESENTER I used to call myself a people pleaser, but the truth is—I was a resenter. My people-pleasing tendencies started young. Because my twin sister and I were never allowed to be in the same classes, I was isolated...