Try to look at the bigger picture. The majority of people you date will not be your destination. They were meant to be a bridge. So find the lesson, the growth opportunity so you don't have to keep repeating your pattern and crossing that same bridge over and over again. Once you learn what you need to learn and become more self-aware and emotionally healthy, you will then cross another bridge, and one day you'll get to your destination.

I've learned that each time you go through a breakup, the pain isn't any more or less intense or hard, but the way you process and get back up can be different when you learn the tools to get yourself back to equilibrium. There are so many lessons that can be learned during times of heartbreak, and there's an opportunity to grow and become more emotionally healthy.

You may not be able to change the events of your history, but you can change the story you've attached to those events.

Gratitude is a choice. Happiness is an attitude.

Strive to be authentic, not perfect.

Closing the door to toxicity is the most effective way to make space for new opportunity.

If you want to know someone, just look at who they choose to spend their time with.