Choosing Between Character And Comfort

We have all heard before that we don’t grow in our comfort zones. This is true. We can make one mighty comfy nest for ourselves, excusing away the behaviors or habits that are preventing us from moving forward and reaching our goals. We may know we have to step out of the comfortable place we […]

Slay It Forward

Like most universities, Virginia Tech’s College of Veterinary Medicine celebrated the class of 2020 with an online commencement ceremony. But unlike other schools, they included one very good boy in the graduating class: a dog named Moose. The Labrador retriever, an 8-year-old therapy dog at the Cook Counseling Center, received an honorary doctorate in veterinary […]

Are You A Shining Example Or A Dire Warning?

When I think back to my life from years before I would say I was a dire warning to those around me. I was also a dire warning to myself. But we have a choice in the life we choose to live, the paths we take and the way we conduct ourselves, we can be […]

Break The Chains

There are several chains we create that hold us back, that tie us to those who have hurt us and that we continue to add links to all on our own. We start, early in life, by repeating what we see, what we’re taught, and what we’re told, we start building those chains, adding links […]

Slay Say

Good morning SLAYER! Comfort can be found in the quiet. New blog goes up Friday, until then… SLAY on!

Feeling Your Feelings

Before stepping on this path I never wanted to feel. Good, bad, anything. It hurt too much to feel the bad, and I didn’t think I deserved the good. So I looked for ways to stuff down my feelings, to quiet them, or if I could, numb them all together. I lived like that for […]

Talk To Your Younger Self

I’ve brought this up before, especially for those struggling with self-care and negative self-talk, to talk to your younger self, or care for your younger self, because sometimes it’s easier to start there, you wouldn’t treat that little you as harshly as you would the you of today. I’ve often thought about what I would […]

People Can’t Always Be Who You Want Them To Be

We don’t always get what we want, I know, some of you are thinking you never do, or very seldom do, but is what we want realistic, or are we placing unrealistic expectations on the people in our lives to always be available when we need them or know that we need them even if […]

Breathe Louder Than Your Thoughts

I mentioned many times before the importance of breath. It is the first thing we do when we are born, and it’s the last thing we do before we die. It supplies us with oxygen to keep our bodies and organs functioning, but it also supplies our mind with oxygen which calms and regulates our […]