How I define success is up to me. And my most important success is my relationship with myself. My most loving relationship with me is how I show up as the most focused, grounded, and compassionate version of me for my friends, family, and clients. And my most loving relationship with me includes not holding myself to the high demands of a rigidly structured schedule and task list.

New me uses every negative emotion as information, leans into meltdowns, and holds myself with love and compassion as I sob on bathroom floors, knowing that every emotion will pass and no matter how scary it feels, I am safe, I’ve got my own back, and I can figure this out.