I didn't always love myself. I didn't always know how to treat myself well. For a long time, I took a lot of crap and gave some men way too many chances. Every time I did this and gave someone the chance to disrespect…
Positive self-talk has become such a powerful tool in my life. I’m rarely in a bad mood now. It’s like I’ve become my very own best friend. Because I learned how to do this for myself, when people praise me or compliment me, it…
Yup yup, it’s another list of top moments from 2017! As you know, ALCM is all about life lessons learned. So there was no way I could end 2017 without first looking back at some of the most important life lessons I learned this…
It was today, one year ago, that I made the uncomfortable decision to end things with my then boyfriend of seven years. Breaking up with him was the hardest thing to do, because it meant the end of one of the most important relationships…
Let me just clarify one thing: this fast wasn’t inspired by Lent. The time period doesn’t even coincide with Lent. Taking a break from dating just happened to be a conscious decision, after I got so fed up of spending my time thinking about…