Desperately Liberated posts

Launching into defensiveness avoids personal accountability and growth. And if you're a repeat offender, it can deteriorate relationships.

To be “assertive” is to proclaim your needs, wants, desires with conviction yet grace. Nurturing these roots requires honesty and empathy.

Complaining is a rejection of our current circumstances. When we live in reactivity, we edge conscientiousness out.

Setting impeccable conditions and requirements in order to achieve a goal is a form of perfectionism. It's an illusion of control.