Essentials for an amazing life

Hello friends,

We’re in the middle of a revolution.

It’s about time.

For so many reasons, it feels wrong to move forward with business as usual, because business, as usual, was/is a racist, misogyn...

Y’allllllll.

This quarantine is working on us like water wearing on a rock.

Am I right?

All KINDS of stuff is starting to bubble up.

Is my relationship working?

Is my career right?

Am I living i...

Have you ever been embarrassed?

Not just embarrassed.

Mortified.

That - DEAR GOD... HIDE ME NOW - feeling.

When you make that foot-in-mouth faux pax that makes you want to shrink back into yoursel...

Hello friends.

I know we are still knee-deep in pandemic emotional sludge, but I thought I’d offer a little escape from your daily Groundhog Day experience to tell you about the group reading I did t...

You know when you get really mad.

I mean seriously STEAMED.

You can be mad at someone in your living space.

(Life is extra interesting/challenging right now in that arena with quarantine.)

You can...

Today I want to talk about everybody's favorite topic:

Waiting. 

Ugggghhhhhh… waiting. 

It’s uncomfortable.

It makes us feel fitful. 

Itchy. 

Trapped in ourselves. 

Before smartphones, waiting ...

Things are oddly quiet and intense in my world. Can you relate?

At my home, the scene is pretty much this: me tapping away on my laptop with some kind of concentration music playing in the background...

What IS your identity?

We could start with the basics, the roles you play in different areas of your life:

In relational terms:

• Partner

• Parent

• Child

• Sibling

• Grandchild

...

A few weeks ago I wrote about How to go from Mehhh to YES.

And y’all, people were all kinds of excited about that post.

If you didn’t read it, you can go read it here.

I’m finding that many people ...

Last week we talked about some emotional and energetic first aid for when the news feels feeling completely overwhelming.

You can read that post here.

Those tips will bring you out of panic mode.

N...

Hello friends!

I'd love to say that this post could solve all of the stress and strife that so many are experiencing reading the news these days.

But it is not that kind of post.

We are in a stress...

Do you find yourself facing daily anxiety?

The one emotion I can’t seem to fully shake no matter where I am, no matter what I’m doing, is anxiety.

I've figured out some pretty decent coping mechanis...