I remember the day I sat in a shopping center parking lot, crying my eyes out. Sobbing, really. The kind of sobbing where I couldn't couldn't breathe and the tears and snot ran together down my face. I saw my red, puffy eyes in the rear-view mirror and that made me cry harder and longer. I thought I was going crazy. I was in a relationship with someone who questioned my every move, my every utterance, my choice of what I wore to work on any given day. I never knew when I

Starting something new is scary, isn't it? The questions we ask ourselves when we are about to begin something new often serve to keep us stuck rather than move us forward. Those questions are usually gremlins running around in our heads trying to keep us safe. The questions sound something like: What if I can't do it? What if I look stupid? Why should I try when others are already doing it and doing it so much better? What if I don't know enough? What if people think I am