Creativity and Body Image
Last week, I had the pleasure of doing a three part Q&A with Margarita Tartakovsky on her PscyhCentral blog, Weightless. On a monthly basis, Margarita and other bloggers participate in […]
Hope
A dear friend sent this quote to me last week. Isn’t it gorgeous? “Either we have hope or we don’t; it’s a dimension of the soul. It’s an orientation of […]
having visions of, well, visions
When I made my vision board in 2010, I was so proud of it. In that board, I really focused on parenting, taking time to relax, making art, and doing […]
this moment
Every Friday, Amanda Blake Soule (or Soule Mama) has a ritual on her blog called this moment. There, she posts a single photo with no words, capturing a moment from the […]
Savor
The days are long, but the years are fast. This is a senitment I’ve heard a couple places including in The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. That’s probably never been […]
real beauty
I am reading (and loving) Jonathan Tropper’s How to Talk to a Widower right now and came across this passage on beauty that I think so eloquently nails it: She […]
Decisions
You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when. But you can decide how you’re going to live now. ~Joan Baez
Discipline Means Freedom
A caveat before I start sharing this aha moment with you: I am happy with my life. I love being a mom. I am grateful for the look and feel of […]
Word Up
In my mid-twenties, I was in a workshop at a conference where we were asked to come up with one word that described our mission and then follow that with […]
I resolve…
Usually, I am not the traditional New Year’s resolver. Too often, New Year’s Resolutions are about saying no to yourself, and because I like to actually flip that sentiment in […]
