Family is supposed to be our safe haven. Very often, it's the place where we find the deepest heartache.
Iyanla VanzantIn speaking the truth of your experience to another, it will serve you well to realize that how they choose to respond is not your responsibility.
Iyanla VanzantChallenges come so we can grow and be prepared for things we are not equipped to handle now.
Iyanla VanzantFinally and most important of all, authenticity means that you must do what you do the way you do it and allow everyone else the same courtesy. There was a time I wanted to be like every famous writer that ever lived. I tried to copy styles, reframe information, use similar artwork. I almost drove myself crazy! Now I just do what I do. I have mentors. There are people whose work I admire, but I write the way I write. I eat the way I eat. I dress the way I dress. I can't believe that God made us each so unique only to have us do everything the same way.
Iyanla Vanzant