On why we admire excellence in every form but one, and what gets mistaken for damage when the achievement is survival.
The Paradox of Excellence
The Curse of Loving a Delinquent
What a child learns when the person she cannot survive with is the person she cannot survive without.
Use your adversity as fuel for your success
The hardest parts of your story don’t have to be the end of it. Pain carries energy: urgency, clarity about what you never want again, and a fierce sense of what matters. Used well, that energy can drive you toward the life you want instead of keeping you stuck in the one you survived.
