Self-esteem is a fascinating and almost counter-intuitive concept when you put it to practice. On the surface, it’s defined by how you feel about yourself, but the remarkable twist is that it seems to fluctuate, almost violently, depending on...
Self-care always seems to get a bad rap, either downplayed as superfluous fluff or dismissed as straight-up selfish. But for me, self-care has nothing to do with the physical relief that comes from indulgent massages and pretty pedicures...
Do you ever feel like a loser? Last weekend, I felt like a card-carrying member of that club when the negative voice in my head slipped back into its old ways, spinning and spewing lies set to the soundtrack of “you suck and everyone knows...
I love a good self-help book. Truth be told, they’re the only genre of books that I read. My husband finds this disconcerting. “Why can’t you just read trashy romance novels?” he once asked. I said something to the effect of, “Because fictional...
I had lunch with a new friend, Cheryl, recently. As the two of us sat in the corner booth at a local restaurant, we swapped life stories and shared more details than one normally would on a first friend date. As we shared our life stories, we didn’t...
If you ask me, building balance into your life can feel like a full-time job sometimes. So much to do and so little time to figure out how to get it all done. We recently completed a research study at my company, The Mom Complex, where we analyzed...
Do you ever beat yourself up for not being the perfect mother? Ever think that when it comes to being a mother you should be good at it from day one and infallible from that day forward? That you’re a failure if you don’t make your own baby food...
I had an interesting revelation recently in the middle of a yoga class. If you’re not familiar, at the beginning of most yoga classes the instructor will often encourage everyone to set an intention for the class. To be honest, I never really...