As parents, we love our children more than anything in this world, and because of that love, we pour so much of ourselves into shaping them, guiding them, and preparing them for life. But somewhere in that process, without even realizing it, many of us end up raising our children based on who we want them to be, what we value, what we wished for ourselves, or what we believe will make them successful, rather than tuning in to who they are already designed to be. And for a lot

For a long time, I was part owner of a business, and like so many people who pour themselves into building something, I didn't realize how much stress I was carrying or what it was quietly doing to my body and my sense of self. It wasn't until I was faced with a tumor, and everything in different areas of my life got turned upside down, that I understood something I hadn't been willing to see before, which is that I had to focus on me first. Not because I was giving up on any