Tag: love
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You Want Submission? Let’s Talk About What That Actually Costs You.
There is a whole genre of social media content right now that I keep running into, and I would like to have a word about it. It is the current wave of posts — many of them explicitly aimed at women, though the argument applies to any human being — about the beauty of submission…
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The Conversation I Was Never Going to Have
Some days you wake up expecting nothing in particular. You get out of bed. You drink your tea. You do the ordinary things a person does at the start of a Tuesday. And then, at some point during the day, life reaches across the table, taps you gently on the shoulder, and hands you something…
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You’re Special
A running list of things people have said about me that I do not understand: You’re special. Your aura is blue. No wait, indigo. I prayed for you. God sent you to me. You’re unique. You aren’t like anyone I’ve ever met. You have the soul of an angel. You are an angel. You’re one…
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Exhausted by the “Therapy-Speak” Era
Y’all, I am so tired of the “Me Culture” + “Therapy Speak”. Every time I open social media I feel like I am being bombarded by people trying to push self-validation, avoid personal accountability, and making everything about themselves. So, I decided to look into it and figure out why this is poisoning us every…
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Heart and Soul
Not too long ago I was asked about the difference between the heart and the soul. My answer was actually quite simple, but feels true to me. The soul is for you and the heart is for others. Now hold on a second and hear me out on this one (I’m pretty sure I haven’t…