self-acceptance – Page 2 – John Eli Garay, MBA/MS, LAC

My struggle to define masculinity

For years, I gave people the power to define masculinity for me. This confused the heck out of me. Truth is, I’ve been given an example of who I want to model my life after….

Friendship, acceptance, and your true self

The only thing worse than feeling unloved, is being loved and accepted for being someone that is not the real you.

My path from self-hate to acceptance

There was a time in my life when I literally hated the sound of my name. Somewhere, in the dark corridors of my mind, I created a story of shame. The story of shame included the sound of my name.