At different points of my life as a mother, I experience bouts of depressive symptoms. There are times when I feel empty, lonely, and unfulfilled despite the fact that life has been good to me and our family. I actually couldn’t ask for more. I also noticed that I didn’t experience these feelings of depression during my teenage and single …

People will disappoint me, just as I will disappoint them. But I’m not going to talk about my weaknesses. Instead I will focus on how to accept relationship disappointment as a sensitive person that I am. Surely, my relationships bring joy and meaning to my life, but they are not perfect at all. And the more significant my relationship is …

“Love yourself first.” Some women are stumped when they receive this kind of advice. It sounds like alien which they’ve never heard about. They weren’t even aware that they’re suppose to love themselves, much less know the specific ways to go about it. And so they would return with a question: How do I do that? I understand how vague …