What Happened When I Stopped Expecting Perfection from Myself

“There is no amount of self-improvement that can make up for a lack of self-acceptance.” ~Robert Holden Six years ago, I forgot it was picture day at my daughter’s school. She left the house...

How to Return to Emotional Safety, One Sensory Anchor at a Time

Want more posts like this in your life? Join the Tiny Buddha list for daily or weekly insights. “In a sense, we are all time travelers drifting through our memories, returning to the places...

Healing Without Reconciling with My Mother and Learning to Love Myself

Want more posts like this in your life? Join the Tiny Buddha list for daily or weekly insights. “Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever...

When the Person You Love Is Disappearing into Addiction

Want more posts like this in your life? Join the Tiny Buddha list for daily or weekly insights. “Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and myself at the same time.”...

The Invisible Prison Shyness Builds and What Helped Me Walk Free

Want more posts like this in your life? Join the Tiny Buddha list for daily or weekly insights. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” ~Anaïs Nin When I think back on my...

How a Simple Object Helped Me Slow Down and Breathe

It was a Wednesday afternoon, and I was sitting in my car, too overwhelmed to turn the key in the ignition. My phone had been buzzing all day with work notifications, and the...

Sound as Medicine: A Healing Journey

Want more posts like this in your life? Join the Tiny Buddha list for daily or weekly insights. If you’ve felt overwhelmed lately—by responsibilities, by the pace of life, by the noise in the...

The Hardest Person to Be Honest with Is Yourself

Want more posts like this in your life? Join the Tiny Buddha list for daily or weekly insights. “You cannot heal what you refuse to confront.” ~Yasmin Mogahed At sixteen, I walked out of my...

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