Author: Candace Folden

People get labeled in families.  She’s the anxious one.  He’s the angry one. Sometimes those descriptors contain shades of truth. Other times, they are given to a person who...

Winter is such an inward time, underneath time. There are no leaves on the trees, or flowers blooming, or really many visible signs of life. But that does not...

We have just ended a four year relationship with a toxic abuser in the form of our outgoing president. Many people feel a sense of relief, joy, hope, happiness,...

Most of you probably do not know that I have a medical condition called scoliosis. What this means is that my spine has a curve in it instead of...

I don’t know about ya’ll, but I have had a bumpy re-entry into “real” life after the holidays. There is usually a bit of transition time for me, but...

Well, what a shit show of a wild ride 2020 has been! The pandemic. The election. The racial injustice And all the in betweens. I’ve done more than my...

Between the pandemic, the holidays, and the short, darker days of winter, it can be easy to fall into a low ebb this time of year. So how do...

Ya’ll!  I did a thing! I am beyond excited to share that I was a guest on my friend Melanie’s Fearless Feminine Podcast! I have wanted to be interviewed...

For the longest time, I thought guilt and shame were the same thing.  I would often say I felt guilty about something when what I really meant was I...

I remember a time in my life several years back when I was just spinning out with chaos and overwhelm and confusion about a relationship I was in. I...