“But it takes years to finally see what they mean is sisterhood is not competition. Sisterhood is how women learn to survive when a whole world wants them to be just one thing.”Tagged: Poetry, sisterhood, Friendship
“Because empaths absorb the energy and emotions of those around them, being around toxic and/or negative sources can take a huge toll on the empath’s physical and mental well-being. They are natural care-givers and want to help (or at least try to) fix situations, which can end up hurting the empath.…”Tagged: Empaths, Emotion, Beautiful, Feeling, Sensitivity
“Being a woman is being the very embodiment of strength.”Tagged: Strong Women, Being Strong, Strong Woman, Alpha Females, Confident Women
“She’s human, full of faults and weaknesses. She messes up. She trips and gets embarrassed when her face collides with concrete. But through it all, she’s got a fierceness that never goes out. She’s a warrior, a survivor, full of light and darkness. What an amazing gift, to know these women. To be…”Tagged: Strong Women, Being Strong, Strong Woman, Alpha Females, Confident Women
“A strong woman cries. A strong woman protects her emotions. A strong woman falls in love quickly. A strong woman puts up walls and takes her time letting people in. She cuts off all her hair. She wears it cascading down her back. She goes make-up free. She has an entire drawer of lipsticks. A strong…”Tagged: Strong Women, Being Strong, Strong Woman, Alpha Females, Confident Women
“The simple act of being a woman in this world teaches you strength. It makes warriors out of our girls. With every double standard, we watch a powerhouse emerge. With every sexist remark, we see a Phoenix rise from the ashes.”Tagged: Strong Women, Being Strong, Strong Woman, Alpha Females, Confident Women
“I don’t want to give up on us. Even when it gets tough. Even when we’re fighting and we’re both too stubborn to admit we were wrong. I want to always work it out. I never want to fall asleep mad. Life is so short and unpredictable. I know we’ll argue. That’s how it works. But I don’t want to let it…”Tagged: Dear Future Lover, Dear Future Boyfriend, Future Lover, Open Letter, Love
“You have loved before. There have been important people who carved initials into your heart. You have memories that I don’t expect to erase. I have them too. They were all valid. They all served a purpose. We don’t have to pretend we are each other’s firsts. We are each other’s now. To me, that’s so…”Tagged: Dear Future Lover, Dear Future Boyfriend, Future Lover, Open Letter, Love
“Maybe our goals will shift. Maybe our world views will expand. I never want you to feel stifled. I never want you to think I expect you to remain exactly the man I fell in love with. I want to grow with you. I want to fall in love with you again and again, including all the new parts of you.”Tagged: Dear Future Lover, Dear Future Boyfriend, Future Lover, Open Letter, Love
“if you suffer from depression, you’re a warrior. And there will be those who never understand. People who can’t possibly get how painful it is to just exist. But I know. I see you. And you and I? We’re not lazy. We’re doing our best to survive”Tagged: Mental Health, Depression, Survivor, strength
“Embrace the single. Embrace life, the good, the bad, the heartache, the thrills.”Tagged: Reminders, Single, Heartache, Thrills
“Being single is not a death sentence. It’s not some incurable disease that deems you unlovable or unable to thrive and find enormous amounts of joy.”Tagged: Reminders, Single, Single Life
“You know that you’re just single, right? You’re not dead.”Tagged: Being Single, Relationships, Love, For when things seem hard
“these days, I fear mediocrity will show up to drinks and I’ll have to entertain it for two hours.”Tagged: Dating, Love, Relationships
“The reality is even things that you love, that you’re hungry for and passionate about, will occasionally be things you don’t want to do.”Tagged: How to be a writer, inspiration, Creativity, loving what you do, Work
“The lie we tell people, especially artists, is that because you’re doing something you love, you should be grateful for every GLORIOUS moment. That’s…just…not how life works?”Tagged: How to be a writer, Writing, Artists, Quote of the Moment