In trying to please everybody else by being the perfect mom, wife, daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, employee, etc., I wasn’t honouring, respecting, and most of all, loving myself. I had allowed society, culture, religion, and family and friends to tell me who to be. And because of that, I was always looking outside myself for happiness. Through the various practices and principles I write and coach about, I realized that true happiness resides inside yourself and not external to you in your possessions, titles, degrees, positions, or relationships. True inner happiness is unwavering, and you can choose to be happy even when your external circumstances may not necessarily be the way you want them to be. Learning about the immense unconditional love that resides inside me made me realize that instead of being my best cheerleader, I had been my worst critic and biggest enemy. Once I made the decision to go deep and work on myself, the issues I had in my personal and work relationships all seemed to go away.  It all starts inside of us first.