sara carson

Forgiving yourself is a true gift There’s a point in life where you look back at the younger version of yourself — the one who didn’t have the experience, the maturity, or the emotional vocabulary to handle the things that came your way — and you finally understand you weren’t weak. You were unprepared. You were doing the best you could with the tools you had at the time. And sometimes those tools were blunt, broken, or borrowed from people who didn’t know any better either. You forget that...

We all carry secrets. Some are small and harmless. Others sit deep in the chest, heavy and unspoken, shaping the way we move through the world. What’s interesting is that many of the secrets we hold aren’t even about things we’ve done — they’re about what others have done, things that have happened around us, to us, or near us. Perhaps we worry these secrets make us guilty by association. Appearing to stick by somebody whose actions are the secret can feel like protecting them, protecting...

Heavy drinkers or those who rely on alcohol can make festive periods like Christmas - full of dread.