I love how you feel fear and doubt and uncertainty, yet you forge ahead anyway. I love how you’ve gone hours before realizing you have something green and leafy wedged in-between your two front teeth. I love when you realize that “should” and “supposed to” aren’t in charge of your life. At least not anymore. [...]
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There was a long period of time during which I prided myself only on how much I could get done, on the amount of work I could complete in any given day or week, on how many days’ worth of To-Dos I could fit into one measly day. On pleasing, pleasing, pleasing and doing, doing, [...]
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I’ve been trying to be more grateful in my thoughts and beliefs. It seems like every other minute I am off on an internal tangent. I find it easier to snap out of it and come back to a better perspective of reality when I focus less on what I was actually thinking about and [...]
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Before I had kids, I’d heard all the stories. Everyone has them, and sometimes too many of them will share ‘em with you. Lots of them. About childbirth, bottles vs. the breast, sleeping, pooping, bathing, feeding, Onesies…you name it, someone has a story (or 10) for you. It can be scary in those early days, [...]
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Your language. Words are powerful, sometimes so much so that their power scares you. So you dilute whenever you feel uncomfortable. You don’t speak up as much as you know you can, as you know you must. And when you do, you temper your words with evil fillers like “just” and “but” and “I was [...]
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It isn’t easy to believe. In the face of disappointment or rejection or uncertainty. In the belly of a dry period or even at the height of the lowest low. It isn’t easy to believe. That it will get better, that this isn’t forever. That the bad things aren’t signs of more bad things to [...]
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I was 9-years-old and sitting, for what seemed forever, in the backseat of my mom’s maroon Cadillac as we drove from our home in Maryland to Canada for a two-week summer vacation. Apparently, my parents had one source of music. I think it was an 8-track tape. (You may know what that is; if you [...]
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I don’t have enough time. I don’t have the ____ to do that. Money. Guts. Space. House. Clothing. Face. Butt. It’s too hot. Too cold. I can’t do that to my kids. I have to do it for my kids. For my parents, my spouse, my boss too, maybe. I don’t know why I did [...]
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You are seeking instant gratification. The “Magic Pill” theory. Quick weight loss, instant love, one month to riches…blah blah blah. Everyone is promising it. They have “the secret” or “the way.” Even better, they can teach you their secrets and their way! Just call this 1-800 number or give your credit card number or take [...]
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There is The Day Of, and then there is, inevitably, The Day After. Sometimes, yesterday was something hard — too long, too much, to stressful, too all over the place. But there is always The Day After. A chance to fix what didn’t work. To move on from what you can’t change. To let go [...]
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