The Weekly Spark: Write Yourself a Poem
Little known fact: April is National Poetry Month. Even lesser known fact: I started my writing career as a poet and had a double focus in graduate school on non-fiction […]
The Weekly Spark: Spring Awakening
I heart spring. And because it is taking its dear sweet time arriving, I am getting really impatient for it. Since I can’t yet enjoy everything that it has to […]
The Weekly Spark: Practice Replicating Grace
Your best friend calls you in tears. “I am the worst mother in the world,” she tells you. “Chase was being such a brat and I just lost it on […]
The Weekly Spark: Understand Self-Acceptance
You have to love yourself. Women hear this adage and they panic. “But love is so big, so total, so absolute,” we think. “And sometimes I don’t really like what […]
The Weekly Spark: Write a Greatest Hits List
Have you been singing a self-hating song lately? Lamenting everything you do wrong and not giving yourself credit for what you are doing right? Well, it is time for a […]
The Weekly Spark: Watch Your Impact
Allow me to tell you about my hair. I started life with curly hair. It was so curly that my sister remembers me covering my little head with my fists […]
The Weekly Spark: Tune out the media for a little bit
80% of women feel worse about themselves after seeing a beauty ad. $20 billion is spent on beauty marketing in the US annually. It takes just one 30 minute television […]
The Weekly Spark: Create a little ritual
I love reading. I was the girl who tried to sneak read a book on her lap during dinner. I read while I blow dry my hair (aha! Now you […]
the weekly spark: Practice One In, One Out
If I’m not disciplined about it, I can be the queen of holding on to clothing that doesn’t suit me, doesn’t fit, isn’t my style, or doesn’t reflect who I […]
The Weekly Spark: Decide
You know that thing that drives you nuts about your partner? And it is not all that important, but every time he or she does it, you think, “Seriously, why […]
