The Magic Art of Being Kind: Why it Matters, How to Give Yourself a Break, and 5 Tips For Success
Humans. Humanity. Mankind. Yup. That’s you. That’s me. That’s all the people we hear about on the news every day, near and far. We are mankind. But it’s an interesting word to use, don’t you think? The very word suggests that we are kind, and yet the news is filled with stories of people being […]
A Little Yet Profound Distinction That Can Make You a Better Human (and Incidentally, a Better Parent)
As I prepare to become a mother in the next few weeks (holy shit, holy shit, holy shit…did I mention holy shit?), I’ve got my nose buried in books about pregnancy, labor, and parenting. My mind is flooded with questions: What if I don’t know what I’m doing? Will I be a good mother? What […]
An Honest, Raw Look at Pregnancy & 6 Lessons it Has Taught me About Life
As you know from a few posts ago, I never thought I would be able to conceive. I was told in my early twenties that it may not be possible for me, but that I would only know for sure once I started trying (not very reassuring, I know). Not feeling very optimistic about the […]
The Answer to This Question Will Help you get Everything you Want in 2016
I may have asked you this question before, but it’s so relevant to this time of year that I’m going to ask it again: Where will you be in 6 months if you keep doing what you’re doing? Before you answer that, this question begs a few follow ups: Do you like where you see […]
Black Friday Special: How Wanting What You’ve Got is the Ultimate Key to Gratitude & Happiness
I tend to get a little more pensive around the holidays. Maybe it’s the lights, the crispness in the air (yes, even here in Malibu – the high is only 61F today, people! I can’t feel my hands!), the coming together of family and friends to break bread and just be with each other more […]
How to Make Every Day Your Happily Ever After (The Ultimate Secret)
It is only possible to live happily-ever-after on a day-to-day basis. – Margaret Bonnano Have you ever bought a really expensive pair of shoes, wore them around the house, and waited for just the “perfect occasion” to take them out on the town to show them off? Were you worried you might scuff them the […]
What My Arch Enemy Taught me About Constructive Feedback (and how it made me a better person)
If you’ll allow me to toot my own horn for a second (toot, toot – sorry, couldn’t resist. Oh, I’m sorry – did you forget that I’m a nerd?), if there is one thing you can always count on me for, it is that I am great at receiving feedback, no matter the source. In […]
What Getting Assaulted by a Drunk Woman Taught me About Love
I agonized for weeks over whether I should write this post or not. I almost posted it last week, but then I couldn’t. I didn’t want to re-read it. I didn’t want to relive it. And I wasn’t sure I wanted to even talk about it. Not anymore. But then the deadline for my […]
And Then There Were Three: The Plus Sign That Changed My Life
*Note: This blog post was written in June, but I waited until now to share it with you. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed telling the tale. It started out like any other Thursday morning. I got up. I wrote in my gratitude journal (ok, fine, I don’t do that every […]
The shocking truth about your mind (and how it’s trying to ruin your life)
“Peace is not something you wish for, it is something you make, something you are, something you do, and something you give away. ” ― Robert Fulghum Last weekend I went to a self development workshop. We worked on a bunch of stuff (a very technical terms for “concepts”), and though this normally isn’t my […]
