Have you ever looked at your financial credit report and feel personally attacked? Like, dang, Experian, you didn't have to expose me like this. I mean, you miss one lil' payment in 2017 and suddenly your whole reputation is in the streets. But here's the thing nobody told me: Healing your heart, your boundaries, your sense of self-worth? Baby, that comes with an Emotional Credit Report - and let me tell you, mine used to look like it had been through the Great Recession,

Over the weekend I told myself I was going to clean out my closet, and let me tell you - it turned into a full-blown spiritual experience with a side of shade. The truth came tumbling off those hangers! I found pants I've been lying to myself about. Dresses I've been keeping "just in case I lose 10 pounds and get invited to something fancy." I pulled out a blazer and thought, "Wow I remember who I was when I wore this." That girl was in survival mode. Smiling though chaos.

This weekend I did something wildly grown-up. I hung curtains for the very first time! Not the sheer ones that just look pretty but don't actually do anything. I mean the real-deal, thick, blackout curtains - the kind that block light, noise and the occasional nosy neighbor trying to peep your business through the blinds. Let me tell you it was a process! There was a ladder. Screws that refused to line up. There was a moment where I had one foot on the windowsill, the othe

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