The idea that you can have it all and do it all is a myth to me. As a modern woman, I struggle with finding balance for everything I used to enjoy. This new life of mine requires me to give myself grace for not being perfect and allowing things to be good enough. With…
Category: Personal Growth
The Need To Be Quiet and Focus On Me
My sons father and I hit a rough patch. The first thing I want to do is run, the second thing, hide. So instead of running I just hide…because I can’t face the possibility of us not working out yet again and the pain and constant reminder from friends as I publicly live out my…
Staying Warm In A Cold Place (A Metaphor For Attitudes)
I’m originally from California. Growing up it was almost always 72 degrees and sunny. My version of winter was 52 degrees and a Baby Phat jacket to ”dress” for the cold. People were mostly nice and welcoming and if they were not, they likely didn’t like you. There was never this moment where I became…
Do You Know How To Apologize?
When we were younger, we were always taught to “say sorry” when we had hurt someone’s feelings or if someone felt we wronged them in some way. Being taught this at an early age was wonderful and important, however, did we truly understand not only the importance of an apology, but how it is delivered?…
Things We Can Learn From Babies
Sometimes I just sit and watch my son do the funniest stuff, but beyond my amusement there are little bits of hidden inspiration in there too that I feel like I can learn from. Lesson #1- When you can’t fall asleep, talk to God, The Universe or whatever you’d like to call it. Just recently,…
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
This book was life changing. Let me start off by saying that this isn’t a judgment of my parents as much as it is a realization that we are all flawed and can stand to grow in one way or another. Having said that, my mother was 33 when she had me. When I think…
When The Student Is Ready
How many times have you crossed this saying? This is a quote from the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu. The longer version of this is as follows: “When the student is ready the teacher appears. When the student is truly ready the teacher disappears” – Lau Tzu. When I dive deeper into this quote,…
Podcasts I Love: 2021
All of these podcasts I actually listened to prior to 2021, and there were a handful of others I didn’t feel I wanted to continue. The below list however has never failed to keep my attention, teach me something new, make me think and shape my inner world. These podcasts I will continue to listen…
You Make It Look Easy!
These are the words that I’ve often heard uttered all throughout my life. First, it was leaving home and relocating alone to the big city of LA, then it became something friends and colleagues would say at work, and eventually with my overly demanding position even more so. Then it became something everyone would say…
Addressing My Fibroids
I knew I had Fibroids back in 2014 after dealing with an extremely painful menstrual cycle that would often leave me on the verge of blacking out. At the time, I experimented with a ton of holistic and natural treatments to include herbal remedies, dietary and lifestyle changes. These methods did work to curb my…