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Having an amazing relationship with yourself is like being your own best friend, and knowing that you are in a strong and committed partnership for life — no matter what.

I once took in a pet hamster because it came to our doorstep one night after our neighbors had abandoned it. They didn’t make an effort to find it a new home. They didn’t care if it was attacked by an animal, hit by a car, or ended up inevitably suffering from lack of water or shelter. Instead they just set it free in their suburban driveway, threw it’s cage away, and happily moved on with their lives. He lived for about two years more under our care. We can all painfully ima

“Idiot!” I exclaimed aloud, half-jokingly, when I absentmindedly touched the sides of an empty pot that I’d just boiled water in. Then I quickly said to myself, “I don’t mean it about you personally. It’s just the absurdity of how quickly I’d forgotten.” For a second I felt silly reassuring myself that I’d meant no offense by my own remark. But I also realized that I would’ve worried in the exact same way if I’d said that to someone I was trying to be good friends with. I