My son just turned three and we got him a balance bike. He loves his new bike and has spent hours riding it already. He is normally very mistake-phobic. He does not like messing up, and will go out of his way to avoid doing things if he can’t do them perfectly (wonder where he […]
I’ve been addicted to social media since 2009 when I first started blogging and became obsessed with posting EVERY SINGLE THING I did and EVERY THOUGHT I ever had. I knew it was bad when I couldn’t take a hike, spend time with my family, or cook a simple meal without thinking I had to […]
I recently started running again after taking a very long (years long) hiatus. I was never a great runner but since I played soccer and rugby, I had to stay in shape. After having my son, I decided that walking and the occasional yoga class would suffice. But recently I had the urge to get […]
One of my writing practices is to ask my spirit guides a question and then immediately write whatever comes to me. This is how I write many of the blog posts you’ll find here. The answers I get help me whenever I’m feeling down and need a push to keep moving forward. So today’s post […]
I get nutrition assistance (a.k.a. food stamps). It’s not a comfortable thing to do. Personally, it’s something I believe in, but I know what a lot of people think about “people who take handouts.” I’ve had more than one friend make disparaging comments about people on food stamps before I stopped them by telling them […]
Last week I shared with you how I’m taking 40 days off from social media, podcasts, celebrity gossip, and TV. First of all, I’ll admit that I have done a horrible job at this. I’ve totally been checking Facebook, with a little smattering of Instagram and even one late night celebrity googling bingeathon (Oh Miley, […]
Lately I’ve been feeling unmoored. Untethered. Buffeted about by my life, my emotions, social media, and politics. My social anxiety – always a presence, sometimes more, sometimes less – seems to have taken ahold of me. And my self-care tactics to ward off depression haven’t been working. A part of me seems to be lost, […]
I thought my life would be different. Not better. Just different. When I was a kid, I thought I would go to college, meet the love of my life, get married, have my first child by 24, work part-time while my well-to-do husband worked full-time, have one or two more kids…and that was it. That […]
I am an introvert, so the pull to go inside, to be quiet and still has always been present for me. I have bursts of outward energy, but for the most part I am called deeper into the forest of my own mind. Deeper into the quiet. I am also someone who is always doing despite that […]
I have days, sometimes even weeks, where I am completely inspired. As a writer, I’ll find myself stopping throughout the day to scribble down the words that are coming to me. It’s energizing. I feel in love with writing because it comes so naturally and I barely have to do any work. It is like […]