Author: Rachael Wolff
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People Pleaser Be Gone: Time to Take Care of Me
For way too long I have agonized about the right thing to do based on the comforts of other people. I gave into the “Don’t rock the boat” mentality. I made choices based on other people’s ideas of what my life SHOULD look like and how I SHOULD respond and how I SHOULD hold back…
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I was Drunk is NOT an Excuse
A young teenage girl likes an older boy. He is drunk when they go to the movies together. He forces his hand down her pants and makes her bleed. She barely makes it out of the movie theatre because she is in so much pain. He doesn’t understand why she doesn’t want to talk. He…
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Living by Choice
Outsiders may look at my life and ask, how or why I would choose the life I have. A life lesson I learned a long time ago is that I can’t plan for an unknown future. Most of the best things that have happened to me were actually not in my plan at all. I…
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Admitting Me Too
On social media there is a #MeToo campaign showing up after the latest Hollywood producer has been accused of multiple acts of sexual harassment. “Me too” is telling the social media world that this is a bigger problem then many people care to admit. Admitting me too, helps society open their eyes to see that…
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Perspective is the Key to a Happy or Miserable Life
“It isn’t the things that happen to us in our lives that cause us to suffer, it’s how we relate to the things that happen to us that causes us to suffer.” -Pema Chodron Perspective is the key to a happy or miserable life. We all come with a set of ingrained beliefs. Some of…
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Tragedy Strikes: Let it Bring Out Our Compassion not our Judgment
We sit and watch as tragedy after tragedy pass in front of us. Natural disasters and shootings keep coming up across my newsfeed. Yesterday, I spent the day reading about the mass shooting in Las Vegas and a double-murder suicide in my area. I have my brother in-law who works for Jet Blue in Puerto…
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What Now, Irma?
After taking our unplanned road trip to Georgia, we got to experience some of Irma for ourselves. Since the kids won’t be going back to school until Monday, I decided to wait out some of the chaos of worrying about gas stations having electricity and/or gas at all. I also would let all those desperate…
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Hurricane Irma: A Single Mom’s Unplanned Road Trip
Growing up in Southwest Florida, I’ve experienced quite a few hurricanes. I lived in Naples during Andrew, the one that did so much damage and the reports keep comparing Irma to, saying this one is much worse. In my early twenties, I lived in Oak Island, North Carolina. I stuck around for a hurricane coming…
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How Researching Narcissistic Personality Disorder Opened My Eyes
I was once asked to write a piece on Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) by another website. My stomach instantly got tied up in knots. A numbing feeling permeated through me. I didn’t promise, but I figured I would try. I didn’t know what the research on the topic would bring to the surface; too close…
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Breaking Free From My Unhealthy Relationships: Finding Love through the Darkness
I am no master. I have survived some horrible situations and lost much of my innocence way too young. I still fight, cry, and struggle through some of life’s twists and turns. Here is what I know, life is full of lessons and I have survived them all. Some of my deepest scars have helped…
From A Loving Place 