by Marissa Bracke |
When someone says (some variation of), “She's so young, what does she know about life? It's easy to think you're wise when you're so young and naive.” I like to think, “How fortunate for me that I met her & was reminded of all the wisdom I...
by Marissa Bracke |
“You should always end your blog posts with a question,” he reminded me. “Otherwise people won't know you want them to leave a comment.” “Isn't it possible,” I replied, “that people would know it's okay to respond or share or...
by Marissa Bracke |
I don't worry about the people who ask a lot of questions. Or about the ones who say, “I'm still learning.” Questions are the proof of life in your business. They indicate that you're growing, adapting, listening, having new awakenings. Questions are...
by Marissa Bracke |
It's so easy to lose The Now. What happened yesterday leaves us feeling behind, so we spend time catching up to a goal we project into tomorrow. Or we congratulate ourselves over yesterday's progress until we forget that today even matters. We fret over tomorrow....
by Marissa Bracke |
Some of my best work happens before I know what I'm doing. Since I don't know the “supposed tos,” I am free to be natural, enthusiastic, thoroughly me, listening to and acting from gut instinct. As I start picking up all of the Rules and Shoulds and...
by Marissa Bracke |
We tell the truth we want to believe It's not that we create content with the intention of whitewashing the truth. We just tend to minimize the parts of our experiences that don't align with our beliefs of how things should be or how we see ourselves. It seems like...
