When we finally take responsibility for the situation we are in right now, and decide to do something about it, that’s when we start to grow.

“We don’t realize it, but we’re making the perks we get from perpetuating our stories more important than getting the things we really want because it’s familiar territory, it’s what we’re comfy with and we’re scared to let it go. If we’ve been depressed or victimized or whatever since childhood, we trick ourselves into believing that it’s really who we are as adults in order to continue reaping “the rewards.” It’s how we survived as kids, but it doesn’t serve us anymore so we need to get rid of it or we’ll just keep creating more of it.”

― Jen Sincero, You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life.

Coffee and hot chocolate with my husband and son. New York City, January 2017.

Tool of the week

Powerful conversation between Suze Orman, American financial advisor, author, and podcast host and Lisa Bilyeu host, of Women of Impact and overall badass human.

Money in times of COVID-19 and the importance of owning our truth. “If you can own that you got yourself into it, you can get yourself out of it.” – Lisa Bilyeu