My heart is mushy and open. I love this about myself, but it comes at the cost of my energy, identity, and self-care. For decades, I thought I was giving, giving, giving because I cared. Really what I was doing was being a “good girl” at the expense of myself. I learned, and am still…
I might have been born a serious child since there was some serious shit going on in my parents’ lives. My mom was 19 and Dad was 22 when they married. They got married on December 22, 1962, and moved to Pensacola for my dad’s Navy pilot/officer training. In January 1963, they found out Mom…
Do you remember the song, “One (Is the Loneliest Number)” by Three Dog Night? Since it’s release in 1969 when I was 6 years old, it has dogged me. The lyrics include “one is the loneliest number you’ll ever do, even worse than two, yeah.” Early in my life, I was told how to act…
One of my LinkedIn sisters asked me what was the biggest challenge to being an entrepreneur. I said, “Me.” Yes, even though I am the Doctor of Disruption and I’m encouraging all of us to tell our stories, I have a shit ton of self-doubt. Questions like, “who the hell do I think I am”…
Dr. Z, why are you talking about suicide? Because someone has to. I’ve lost people to suicide including a high school boyfriend, one of my best friends, and a cousin. Yet, no one, those closest to them, said it was suicide. My aunt said her daughter died of alcoholism, which is more acceptable in an…