The relationship you have with yourself sets the tone for every relationship you will have. So, we must concede in an unhealthy relationship there are two sides and responsibility on each of those sides. The fact is that with a narcissist, personality disorder or any other unhealthy mental state there must be someone that is co-dependent - what does this mean? This means that if you’re in an unhealthy relationship you first need to look [...]

The time people spend building personal brands would be better invested building personal connections. What they don’t understand is that products have brands, but people have relationships and reputations. When we lose sight of this, everything starts to go sideways. Authenticity is not about marketing yourself to create an image. It’s about aligning your actions with your values. But the real issue is that so many of us have lost touch with our values. We [...]

Let go of the past but keep the lessons it taught you. Regardless of what the outcome was, we need to learn to value who we are because of the lessons. Sometimes we believe we can make someone happy by protecting them from the truth and telling them a fabricated story instead. But this is false. Because the truth always comes out. And when people find out the truth was hidden, there’s always pain with [...]