WHAT I WISH I KNEW BEFORE KIDS

“I don’t know what’s more exhausting about parenting; the getting up early, or acting like you know what you’re doing.” ~ Jim Gaffigan ~

Parenting four kids while trying to keep my identity and sanity is by far the hardest thing I have ever done.  It wasn’t drugs, or...

WHY YOU ALREADY HAVE ALL THE CLOTHES YOU NEED TO LOOK GOOD, FEEL GOOD, AND BE AWESOME

Fashion you can buy, but style you possess. The key to style is learning who you are. It’s about self expression and, above all, attitude.” ~ Iris Apfel ~

You want to update your wardrobe because it sucks. You ab...

NEVER DISCUSS POLITICS

AND OTHER LIES THAT KEEP US IGNORANT, INFLUENCED, AND IGNORED

For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved politics. Growing up, I had strong, partisan opinions despite a weak understanding of many political issues…women’s rights, labor unions, the roll of government, immigrati...

WHY ARE WE ALL GOING NOWHERE FAST?

IT'S TIME TO SLOW DOWN & ENJOY THE VIEW

I’ve never thought much about the road of life.   Of course I had heard the old adage, “life is a journey, not a destination,” but never thought much beyond the idea to remember and enjoy it from time to time.  I supposed i...

I’M DONE BEING A GOOD GIRL

LET GO OF THE RULES AND OTHER'S EXPECTATIONS

Good girls make their parents proud. They are polite. They stay out of trouble. They don’t push boundaries or question authority much. They work hard. They are kind and friendly. They are successful and put together and never ...

FINDING HAPPINESS AND STRENGTH – LETTING GO OF PERFECTIONISM

#WCW TARA'S STORY

Tara is an undeniable badass.  As a 36 year old mother, wife, private practice optometrist, and bodybuilder with abs that will make you weep with envy, it’s easy to assume we know her whole story.  We see women with a “...

WRITE YOUR OWN HAPPILY EVER AFTER

IDENTIFYING AND LETTING GO OF OUR INHERITED NARRATIVES

I don’t know many stories that begin ‘Once Upon a Wednesday’, and yet every story worth telling begins on an ordinary day, a Wednesday perhaps, in the middle of an ordinary week, in an ordinary month of an ord...