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When No Place is Safe
Where should we go, and what should we do, when everything in our world feels unsafe? I can’t think of a single place in the world that...
Carrie Helmers
Nov 16, 20154 min read


7 Things I'm Doing (and One Thing I'm NOT) to Control My Own Christmas
Christmas is 45 days away. Does that news give you an anxiety attack, or fill you with peace and goodwill toward men? I doubt this is the...
Carrie Helmers
Nov 10, 20155 min read


Be Interested, Not Interesting
I’ve spent a great deal of my life trying to be an interesting person. When I catch up with old friends or relatives I haven’t seen in a...
Carrie Helmers
Nov 5, 20153 min read


The Bad Guy Drill
I was holding my five-year-old son’s hand in his school’s parking lot yesterday afternoon when he casually pointed to the sidewalk....
Carrie Helmers
Nov 3, 20153 min read


The Teeter Totter of Life
My life is not balanced. It’s never been balanced. I don’t know what the perfect mix of activities should be in order to achieve balance....
Carrie Helmers
Oct 28, 20153 min read


Who Are You?
If I were to ask you right this moment who you were, how would you answer? Linda Gray, actor of Sue Ellen Ewing fame and author of “The...
Carrie Helmers
Oct 25, 20152 min read


2 Words That Instantly Invalidate
Seeing my firstborn son smile for the first time was one of moments in my life I will never forget. It filled me with indescribable awe...
Carrie Helmers
Oct 22, 20154 min read


What Type of -ist Are You?
You know the classic question – is the glass half full, or half empty? Your answer determines your outlook on life. See the glass as half...
Carrie Helmers
Oct 20, 20153 min read


Take Him As He Is
Yesterday, my husband and I celebrated our 9th anniversary. Naturally, the occasion had me thinking about love. My husband (who I will...
Carrie Helmers
Oct 16, 20154 min read


Thank You! (I'm Not Sorry)
Hi, I’m Carrie, and I’m an apology-holic. It’s one of the most evident downsides of not feeling good enough. I’m constantly apologizing,...
Carrie Helmers
Oct 13, 20154 min read


The Science of "Good Enough"
Let’s talk science. Neuroscience, in fact. Turns out that settling for a good enough decision instead of waiting to make a perfect...
Carrie Helmers
Oct 11, 20153 min read


Everyone Has a Story
I am an ordinary girl. I grew up in a typical suburban house with two brothers, a mom and a dad, a dog or two and a few hamsters. I went...
Carrie Helmers
Oct 8, 20154 min read


What if I was Good Enough?
I have always wanted to be a good girl. It started before I can remember, and it’s still going on today, as I edge ever closer to 40. ...
Carrie Helmers
Oct 6, 20155 min read
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