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1 Thing to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do – About Anything

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. -Francis of Assisi Life is complicated. Experts tell you that you should, “just leave him, because he isn’t your husband.” Girls give these big long explanations about their emotionally unavailable, or ambivalent partners and the answer is always the same. "Leave him". Really dude? Not helpful. Do you think she hasn't thought about that? Do you think most people [...]

Carrie L. Burns2023-05-08T18:54:11+00:00May 8th, 2023|Change, Personal Growth, Self Love|

5 Things To Do When you Don’t Know What to Do-About Anything

"Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy." - Saadi Do you ever have those days, or weeks, or months when you don’t know what to do, or where to go or how to change? Do you feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day, like your life is on repeat no matter how hard you try or what you try to change? The internet abounds with all sorts of messages about positivity. Think [...]

Carrie L. Burns2021-06-21T19:42:47+00:00June 24th, 2021|Personal Growth|

Maybe Life Is Hard and Maybe That’s Okay

"Where there is no struggle, there is no strength." - Oprah Winfrey Growing up my mom used to say, “Carrie, you never do anything easy the easy way, do you?” Nope. Never have. Probably never will. I have lived overseas and married a man from another country. I had my own apartment and a full time job at seventeen while I was still in high school. I put myself through college and law school. At [...]

Carrie L. Burns2020-06-04T23:40:52+00:00June 9th, 2020|Change, Personal Growth, Self Love|

3 Important Lessons COVID Has Taught Me About Life & Love

Life is a precious gift - a gift we often take for granted until it is threatened. - LeCrae You don’t really know how much you love someone or how much you can’t stand them until you’re locked down with them 24/7 for weeks on end. Everything in life can be viewed as a blessing or a curse. You decide. I’m used to having a partner who has a mission. He’s always on the go. [...]

Carrie L. Burns2020-04-12T23:37:13+00:00April 14th, 2020|Personal Growth|

How to Find Yourself When You Feel Lost and Lonely

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” - Dr. Seuss Tonight I was walking home and there were two little girls with their father. One was on his shoulders and one was playing on her scooter. The little one was saying, “I’m on daddy’s shoulders” and she kept repeating it while the older one, who was maybe six was riding in front of [...]

Carrie L. Burns2020-01-09T21:02:50+00:00January 9th, 2020|Personal Growth, Self Love|

4 Things I Learned in My 40’s I Wish I Knew Sooner

"Being in your forties - any woman who isn't there yet, I just have to say to you: Euphoria is coming to you." - Tori Amos There are so many things I learned after I turned forty that I’m not sure I could even write them all down. Every decade of life brings more experience, more self-awareness, more truth and hopefully more understanding of yourself and others. Something magical that happens to women at the [...]

Carrie L. Burns2019-10-16T22:34:27+00:00October 17th, 2019|Personal Growth, Self Love|

How to Survive a Broken Heart – When You Think You Can’t Go On

"A broken heart bleeds tears." - Steve Marboli Why should you believe me when I tell you how to survive a broken heart? Unfortunately, I’ve had it broken at least five or six times now. I’ve cried and cried for more days than I can count. After one boyfriend broke up with me I sat on the floor with a pillow on my lap listening to Whitney Houston’s “I have nothing if I don’t have [...]

Carrie L. Burns2019-07-15T19:29:28+00:00July 18th, 2019|Break-Ups, Love & Relationships|

One Way to Stop Feeling So Depressed All The Time

"Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future."- Swami Sivananda Do you have a constant sense of malaise, depression, boredom or apathy that never seems to go away? Do you read books, try medications, listen to podcasts or attend seminars and never seem to feel better? Are you sick and tired of feeling sick and [...]

Carrie L. Burns2019-07-10T18:24:15+00:00July 1st, 2019|Change, Depression & Anxiety, Personal Growth, Self Love|

Want to Master Your Life & Realize Your Dreams? Read This…

"The quickest way to kill the human spirit is to ask someone to do mediocre work." - Ayn Rand No One Wants to Be Mediocre Do you want to master your life and realize your dreams? No one wants to wake up one day and realize they hate their life. No one wants to wake up one day and realize life is not what they dreamed it would be. No one wants to live a life unfulfilled. [...]

Carrie L. Burns2019-04-28T20:38:34+00:00April 25th, 2019|Change|

What Does It Really Mean To Love Yourself?

“Don't forget to love yourself.” - Soren Kierkegaard Do you know what it means to love yourself? We all want to fit in and feel like we belong. Many of us have that constant nagging little voice telling us we aren’t like everyone else. However, I often wonder, does everyone have that nagging voice or only some of us? What is so wrong with being different, with not being what others consider normal? Albert [...]

Carrie L. Burns2019-04-14T17:40:29+00:00February 23rd, 2019|Change, Personal Growth, Self Love|