by breakawaybabes | Dec 11, 2019 | Celebrating30
What have I learned about happiness in 30 years? That it is not fixed, but that it is something that you should be constantly striving for. I don’t negate the times in my life when I have struggled and they have taught me something, because it makes the good times...
by breakawaybabes | Nov 20, 2019 | Celebrating30
I have failed many times in my life. But I am not a failure. Just as I have done many intelligent things in my life, but I am working to decouple my identity as someone “intelligent.” Why? For me it breeds laziness, it feeds my ego, and it also causes despair when I...
by breakawaybabes | Nov 18, 2019 | Celebrating30
I used to define success almost entirely by career status. “I will be successful when I am working in my field, well-respected, well-paid, etc.” It was about status, earning potential, and academic honors for me. I found that once you are no longer “on top,” you...
by breakawaybabes | Aug 18, 2019 | Inspiration
Who are you? What do you align with? What makes you uniquely YOU? I have spoken to an increasing number of women about my age (millennials) who don’t know how to answer these questions that should give some insight into their identity. We either default to societal...
by breakawaybabes | Sep 7, 2017 | Inspiration
Hurricane Harvey left a path of destruction along the Texas coast last week, that will no doubt be felt for years to come. However, in the midst of the destruction, there were shining beacons of heroism, courage, and compassion. We saw heartwarming stories of...
