I met with a parenting counselor this week. That’s right, I’m the CEO of a company called, The Mom Complex, and I still haven’t figured out how to be a mother. No, the irony is not lost on me. At the beginning of the appointment, Suzanne, the...
During my favorite weekly yoga class, I often find myself elongating my limbs next to a woman with a beautiful and bold tattoo on her forearm that reads, “Your silence will not save you.”I love this tattoo.I think about the owner of that tattoo a...
Recently when traveling for business to NYC, I took time out of a busy morning to attend a meditation session at MNDFL, my favorite meditation studio in the city. I had a jam-packed day of meetings, presentations, emails, and never-ending to-do...
How many times has someone asked you to attend an event and your mind says, “Hell no. I don’t have time for this,” yet your mouth says, “Sounds fantastic! Can I bring a cheese tray?”Kinda gross, right?It’s what I call living a double life as a...
We can learn a lot from the mothers around us.I recently learned a lot from a mother named Katharine during Back-to-School night at my son’s school. Since we have the same name, I think it was the universe telling me I should pay attention. As...
I’ve never fancied myself a procrastinator.My main problem with procrastination is the ripple effect that it has on other people. For example, if someone waits until the last minute to turn in a work assignment, it often makes other people have to...
We all make mistakes. It’s part of life. But the problem is we’re typically so quick to beat ourselves up for the mishap that we don’t pause to give ourselves grace and see what lessons are meant to be learned from our mistakes. There’s...
When I was a little girl I used to throw tea parties with my best friend at the bottom of the local community pool. No props were needed, we’d simply stand on our tippy toes, take the biggest 8-year-old breaths imaginable, then exhale all the air...