Wit & Words

“When things change inside of you, things change around you.” ~Unknown When I was twenty-three, I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. It was not until two years later, when I stopped taking medication, that I discovered I had a mental health disorder linked to my menstrual cycles. Meditating daily has been foundational for my … Read more

“Perfectionism doesn’t make you feel perfect. It makes you feel inadequate.” ~Maria Shriver My name is Steffi, and I am a recovering perfectionist. This might come as a surprise to those who know me because I don´t fit the stereotype. The inside of my bag is as messy as my hair, and I always give … Read more

“If you don’t give your mind and body a break, you’ll break. Stop pushing yourself through pain and exhaustion and take care of your needs.” ~Lori Deschene For forty-five minutes, I lay on my yoga mat in child’s pose, unable to move. The exhaustion in my body felt like a thousand kilos, and the ache … Read more

Hi friends! Today, I’m thrilled to share with you an empowering five-day meditation and writing challenge from Tiny Buddha contributor (and this month’s site sponsor) Nadia Colburn. Founder of the online creative writing school Align Your Story, Nadia is a poet, memoirist, and yogi who has a talent for helping people access their creative voice … Read more

“You are not your feelings. You just experience them. Anger, sadness, hate, depression, fear. This is the rain you walk in. But you don’t become the rain. You know the rain will pass. You walk on. And you remember the soft glow of the sun that will come again.” ~Matt Haig Being a relationship-oriented person … Read more

“Grief is not something that ever goes away. You just learn to accommodate it so you can move forward in your life and over time it gets less intense, at least most of the time.” ~David Baxter Grief is a natural response to loss. Loss can mean the death of a loved one, the end … Read more

“The only way out is through.” ~Robert Frost When I reflect on the past fifteen years of my life, I sometimes joke about my struggles to lighten the weight of what I’ve endured. “What struggle don’t I have?” I’d say, laughing, but beneath that humor is a real story of pain, burnout, and learning to … Read more

Has it ever occurred to you that maybe your life isn’t changing because you’re holding yourself back but don’t know it? Like maybe there’s something in your conditioning or a subconscious belief that’s preventing you from doing something that could bring you the change you seek? I’ve been thinking about this a lot since I … Read more

“The less we talk about shame, the more control it has over our lives.” ~Brené Brown The pain and suffering I experienced as a child, which I kept hidden for over a decade, was the very seed that gave me the strength, resilience, empathy, authenticity, and courage that I possess today—but only because I surrendered … Read more