Relationships
Where You Lead, I’ll Follow
Recently my daughter and I did a much needed impromptu escape. Turns out sometimes escaping can actually be reconnecting. We were supposed to go look at colleges, do some exploring of potential places she might want to spend 4 years of her life. Check out new...
Quieting the Inner Critic
Sometimes we need a reminder to quiet that inner critic that feeds you lies about yourself. People with a strong inner critic tend to have one thing in common: However great their success, they don't feel it's genuine or enough. So they may push themselves more,...
He Called Her “My Person”
This week I helped a grown man process the death of his mom. She died when he was 12 years old and he now has a full beard and a chiseled jawline. He is not the same little boy... but his heart is the same little heart. For so many years he had held his sadness and...
51 Shades of Gray… I’m in!
Last week I had a terrible day. Absolutely awful. My phone froze and I lost everything- all my text messages, contacts, calendar and all my apps. It felt disastrous. I did not handle it well. I found myself thinking in absolutes. Technology things always happen to...
HERSTORY is Made!
I can’t help but feel today represents all the strong and determined women that came before us. The women who fought for equal rights and equal pay, the women who fought to be given the same opportunities to achieve their dreams and do more than just type memos for...
Simple Tips to Help Your Mental Health
Now more than ever we need to put our mental health FIRST. So many things are weighing on us- our/other people’s health, our jobs, politics, finances, boredom, and isolation, to name a few. When our world feels chaotic, we feel chaotic internally. Taking care of...
A Win, A Blown Tire and a Night The Universe Slowed Us Down
If there is one thing I have learned, it is to trust the universe. For most people, December signifies holiday season. People are busy with decorating their homes, shopping, gift wrapping, baking and fun parties. For those who love the holidays, it is the most...
25 Years Later, This is Us
Mom… I met a boy. You did? What’s his name? Kris. He’s really tall and he’s really cute. Is Tall Kris nice? Is he funny? Is he smart? Seems like it. I think you and Dad would like him. Oh, maybe we will meet Tall Kris one day. That’s a long way off but who knows....
Why Every Woman Needs True Trenchips
There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature. ----Jane Austen I am always sad when I hear women who say they don’t have female friendships. My heart hurts because they are...
In Case You Didn’t Know
I can't count the times I almost said what's on my mindBut I didn'tJust the other dayI wrote down all the things I'd sayBut I couldn'tI just couldn'tI know that you've been wonderingMmm, so here goes nothing…. In case you didn’t knowI’m so thankful for youWithout...
