As author Glennon Doyle Milton says, “ask a woman who she is, and she will tell you who she loves.” This is absolutely beautiful. But it can also be quicksand. When our entire sense of self is invested externally, then external changes can cut us adrift. Life is change. Careers change. Relationships change. Children grow …
There’s a Next Chapter.
A lot of us have lost a lot this year. Jobs, relationships, concepts of this world as a safe place. For many people, this feels like a dead end. It's terrifying, it's dark, and it's hard to see the hope in any of this. Can I tell you a story? There was a time in …
Stop. Apologizing.
We as women have been socialized to apologize for everything we do. It pops out of our mouth like a reflex. What do you say (well, in the before times) when you pass by someone in the store? Not excuse me, but SORRY. Usually in this weirdly murmered, half eye-contact sort of way. What do …
Gratitude
Cultivating a lifestyle of gratitude has been a life changing practice for me. Even when I am at my lowest, it helps me to realize that I have so many more things to be grateful for than to mourn. When my patience is gone and my temper has snapped, choosing to focus on gratitude as …
Reach Out
Y’all. Things are hard right now. Quarantine is real. Jobs have been lost. People have been sick, people have died. We have lost pretty much any semblance of normal life, and there’s no telling when and if things will go back to the way they used to be.  Other people – essential workers – …
Look Through Another’s Eyes
Today would have been Ahmaud Arbery's 26th birthday. Instead, as you probably have heard, he died in February, while out for a run. My life has undergone an absolute transformation in the past 5 years. I view the world, and pretty much everything about it, differently. Why? Because I sat down with myself and truly …
Celebrate Your Wins.
2020 showed up looking like a fresh baked chocolate chip cookie, and then one bite... BAM. Oatmeal Raisin. The economy is in the outhouse. Tens of thousands of people have died. Jobs have been lost. Our loved ones missed prom, graduation, the chance to say goodbye to their friends and the life they knew. We …
Feelings are Meant to Be Felt.
We are several months deep into quarantine at this point. If you haven’t been feeling some BIG emotions at this point, we may not be living in the same reality. All of us have things right now, big and small, to celebrate, to grieve, to rage at, and to make peace with. I remember when …
Comparison is the Thief of Joy
We all know that social media is a carefully curated version of reality. For instance: I did NOT post on instagram the fact that I yelled at my son so much yesterday that he called me 'scary'. Nor did I post a photo of my sourdough bread that was solid dough in the center with …
Reduce Decision Fatigue
How many tiny decisions do you make in a day? What's for dinner? What do I wear (duh- yoga pants)? What do I do first at work today? How do I respond to my kid's 1,000th request for a snack? How do I spend my finite amount of time and energy? Each decision we make, …
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