by Laura Cabanillas | Sep 20, 2021
Last year, just a few months into the COVID-19 shutdown, one of my dear friends reached out to me on Face Time. She started the conversation by saying, “I heard someone share in a work seminar that if you have any extroverted friends, you should check on them because...
by Laura Cabanillas | Jan 29, 2019
Relational wounds have a powerful impact on us. Think about a time when you have been the most deeply hurt in a relationship. It could be a friend, an intimate partner, a child, a parent, a sibling, or even a colleague. What feelings surface when you recall the...
by Laura Cabanillas | Sep 4, 2018
On a sunny Sunday afternoon in Manhattan Beach, California, when I was four years old, I was spending a glorious day with my family at the beach. I loved building sandcastles, burying my Dad in the sand, and dancing up and down in the waves, trying to outrun them. I...
by Laura Cabanillas | Jun 30, 2017
Nothing says I love you like a friend who is willing to tell you the truth. Even if it stings a little. Rewind to about a month ago. I was having coffee with a friend, willing the caffeine and conversation to give me the energy I needed to push through my...
by Laura Cabanillas | May 1, 2016
They make me laugh until I cry. They have sat with me during some of the darkest days of my life, offering comfort with their presence when there were no words to ease the pain. They have told me the truth when no one else would. They have believed in me, when I...
by Laura Cabanillas | Feb 19, 2015
When I was in college, I watched a friend fight for her life. Only I had no idea the force she was battling. At the time, her descent into her illness was almost undetectable to me, as well as our circle of friends. Looking back, now I understand the telltale signs:...
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