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I have learned that by frequently judging and criticizing others, you are actually destroying your own path toward happiness.

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I think as moms we can all recall a time when someone—friend, family member, random old lady in Target, or indie goddess on Instagram—shared some advice or judgement that made us get in our car, lay our head on the steering wheel, and cry.

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We all have a Regina George lurking inside us, ready to puppeteer. Changing your thinking won’t be instant, it takes time. And in that frame, shut your mouth. Don’t voice the judgment. Don’t add to the pile.

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They don’t know how good it feels to still be able to have that smile on your face,
After endless criticisms from everyone else and yourself.

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I will be the first to admit; it’s hard being in a relationship, but the most important thing to remember is that deciding that it’s a wrong relationship is your decision to make. Don’t ever let anyone make you feel like you can’t be happy or that you cant forgive just because they think you shouldn’t. Every single relationship is different and none of them are easy and none of them are perfect.

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In the sandbox of life, stigma and hypocrisy grow out of the seeds of naivety. They come from lack of education. They sprout from personal insecurities.

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Despite the recent resurgence in Feminism, women are still subject to criticism directed at their image in a way that men have never had to deal with. In a 2010 interview, when asked what designers she likes to wear, Hillary Clinton replied, “Would you ever ask a man that question?”

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5. “You don’t really look gay.”

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It’s oftentimes painful for me to open up to people I know, which is strange and doesn’t make sense on the outside, but it kind of actually does if you really think about it. Sometimes we need the removal or absence of a relationship in order to really talk.

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12. People can see you when you cry on the phone to your dad after your first few days. Even in the back hallway.