At a crosswalk, waiting for my daughter to catch up to me, a car stopped and the man inside frantically waved me across. I said, “No, thank you” and waved him along. He waited for me to follow his direction, and after what felt like one full minute (but was actually...
What makes someone tough? Is it because they bury all emotions? Or because they are unexpressive and unemotional in response to challenging events around them? Or is it rather that they have grit and the ability to power through unimaginable life situations that would...
My heart rate was increasing, tension was developing in my chest and I was feeling swallowed by anxiety. It was the middle of March, and two things were happening simultaneously: The world as we all knew it was changing at a rapid pace, and in my business I was...
His words are so gentle, yet you can feel the pain buried within them. There's an important and heart breaking movement that has been happening for centuries; racism has reached a pinnacle of social dialogue, sadness, and rapid fire information and social presence....
Sitting in a coffee shop, quietly drinking my oat milk chai latte, I’m captivated by the constant hum of people coming and going. I’m particularly curious about the couple sitting beside me, sipping their tiny cups of espresso and looking at their phones, more...
I ask you: When you see a fellow sister, woman, girl, or friend putting herself out there, going for what she wants, what do you do? When you see a woman paving her own way, doing things that no one else in your life is doing, do you support her? Do you encourage...
In a time that is like no other we’ve experienced, we may be seeing parts of ourselves we’d rather not see, or things in others we’d rather forget. All of us are affected by an experience that is potentially taking away our freedoms, livelihoods, relationships and...
Another week, another round of our new current reality being unpacked. How are you doing during this time? For myself, it feels surreal, sometimes I find myself diving into deep sadness for all the things that are being lost, and in other moments I feel elated by...
This is an ongoing topic for me. When I ask if you have ever felt unseen, I don’t mean in the popularization of social media and the amount of ‘likes’ or postings we create to display our lives. I mean in the most intimate ways and with the people closest to us. Being...
Here I go, on my soapbox: for goodness' sake, can we all just stop being so darn good? You know, when someone asks you, "How are you?" and without missing a beat your automatic response is "good"? You know there is no quality to it. Even as the word slips out of your...