Lessons Learned

The most effective stress management tool I’ve ever used is a simple one. Edit. Your. Thoughts. Your thoughts or beliefs determine how you feel. How you feel is how you behave and show up in your [...]

“Vulnerability Is Safe” That was the headline on a blog I follow. My initial reaction to these words: umm, not-so-much. Perhaps you find being vulnerable easy, or at the very least, it doesn’t [...]

Is it just me or weren’t we just here? January. Reflecting on the previous year and coming up with new ways to make the new year more badass? Yes. The answer is, yes, we were here like 17 minutes [...]

I must have been around six years old and hearing people talk about being 40. First I remember thinking, damn that’s so old. But the silver lining, I had decided, was that by the time [...]

Five years ago on my 35th birthday I was sitting alone in a tiny one-bedroom apartment with little more than what I could fit into a small van. I had consciously decided to end a marriage and [...]

A few weeks ago I was at an elementary school in front of an entire 2nd grade class. First, those little ones are exhausting! My hat’s off to teachers – you are unsung hero’s [...]

When we bought our house a year ago I recall how grateful I was to have a big yard. Mostly because I’d been living the apartment-life and was beyond excited to not have neighbors all up in [...]

Depression is a devious jerk. When you’re depressed, it often feels like nothing in the world makes sense and absolutely NOTHING can make you feel better. Worse yet, you’ll find [...]

“Our Intention creates our reality” ~ Wayne Dyer  You know the feeling right before you walk into a job interview? Or walking in the restaurant to meet a blind date? Or the day before [...]

Breaking News: Self Confidence is available to you. Right here. Right now. I hear women (and men) say things like: Self Confidence is a luxury only rich people have. Self Confidence is a talent [...]