Self-Esteem

I knew the dirty little secret. One of my closest friends sat stirring her Starbuck’s frap into mush. Tears gripped the corners of her eyes and a halfhearted smile forced through as she started [...]

Growing up I had an attitude and a big mouth that got me in trouble. I was never open to critique and my home life was often filled with verbal abuse, which caused major respect and authority [...]

The summer after my freshman year of college, my grandmother told me in a Kohl’s dressing room that I needed to lose weight. “Everyone goes through it, honey. Your mom, your aunt. Everyone gains [...]

Kansas is so flat, I thought to myself as we drove on the backroad interstate through Nowheresville, Flatland. I looked over at my wife, and she was drop-jaw zoned-out. We were an hour into our [...]