“It is your own responsibility to determine your happiness, but a big part of heightening it or making it easy, is your peer group.” I forgot where I read that, but I like it. Growing up, I somehow found myself surrounded by negative people – those who constantly complained and criticized others. It’s toxic. Part …
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An important characteristic I see in people who are successful is that they know how to see things as opportunity. Unsuccessful people love to fall into victim mode and complain about how bad things happen to them. They don’t see things as an opportunity, or have a willingness to do what it takes to create …
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When I photographed weddings for a living, I forgot that being a wedding photographer is in actuality, a lot of work. It didn’t feel like hard work because it was what I was passionate about at the time. Don’t get me wrong – there are times it felt like work, but most of the time …
I met my friend’s new boyfriend recently. She asked what I thought. Me: I like him because I like who you are when you’re with him. Her: Really? I feel like I’m just being me. Me: Exactly. A great relationship is when you love who YOU are in that relationship. *Excerpt from my book, Show Up: …
When I was 22 in NYC, I lived in a crummy apartment located in a shady neighborhood. It was a 5-floor walk up and hot as hell during summer. My roommate would bring home boys every night. I was interning full-time at a modeling agency and also working full-time at a restaurant to pay the …
Do you worry about what other people think about your hair? The car you drive? Whether your joke was funny? There is a saying that humans can go longer without food and water than approval. Letting go of what other people think in recent years has given me personal freedom. I seriously feel like I …
Growing up, my mom would always be hard on my sister and I. It wasn’t always easy to hear what she had to say, but through the years I came to understand her message loud and clear: Always try your best. When we would come home with report cards, she would say “A-? Why not …
I just came back from a sushi dinner. I’ll be honest, I was grumpy today. Feeling under the weather. When I walked in, the waitress (a twenty something girl) said enthusiastically in a Disney princess-like voice, “HIIIIIYEE! Just one? Right over here!.” She loved her job, life, and you could see it in her interaction …
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