Lately, I’ve been grappling with an emotion I didn’t have a clear name for, until I found it in Brene Brown’s Atlas of the Heart: cognitive dissonance. In her book, I find the lang...

(Trigger warning: loss, grief, pregnancy loss)

Fires are blazing and memories are smoldering in piles of ash. Early shock turns into "thoughts and prayers," then quickly morphs...

As most of us do around this time of year, I'm grappling with a lot of feelings looking back over 2024 and ahead to 2025.

Looking back, there are so many things I'm proud of and u...

We all know this time of year. For me, it begins at Halloween, followed by a child's birthday, straight into Thanksgiving, then Christmas and Hanukah come out of nowhere.

A friend...

I'm a people-watcher. I could literally sit for hours on a street bench, just taking in the activity around me.

Who are they? What's their story? Where is everyone going?! (This i...

It's hard to imagine a week when I've gone through more extreme emotions in a matter of hours. I know I'm not alone in feeling like I've lived a year in a matter of days.

I've wor...

As with many things in the personal growth space, I hear a phrase that resonates to the core and it occurs as a brand new phenomenon. Such was the case when I was in a Fierce Conve...

If a grade school teacher were to complete this sentence, they would insert the word "Read". D.E.A.R time is a widely-used shortcut to let students know that no matter what they ar...

I have strong memories of being in the grocery store, arms and cart full of kids (3 kids in 4 years, to be exact.). Well-meaning passers-by would say, "You sure have your hands ful...

I've been thinking a lot about strength this week. It's showing up in all areas of my life and whenever that happens, I consider it a sign that I should pay attention.

"Strong opi...