How the world has changed in just a few weeks! We are in an unprecedented time. There is a global pandemic that has altered the course of every single business and every single family. Many of us are heading to…
If you’ve been here a while, you can probably tell that I am a bit of a “crunchy” mama. I try to keep our home as toxin-free as possible, like to choose the eco-friendlier options most of the time, and…
Around the time my little one was three or four months old, I started failing at everything. Seriously. I could not get myself (or anything else, for that matter) together. And this failure might have been one of the better…
I’m about to get on a plane to fly across the country in a week (Update: I cancelled the trip… social distancing and all). And of course, we are in the midst of a global pandemic. The kids are out…
We’ve all seen the women who seem to magically look like exactly as they did pre-baby just weeks after giving birth. Our Instagram feeds are bombarded with “inspirational” posts on how to get our bodies back (well, mine was, at…
Last week I made the case against searching for balance. This week: what actually replaces it. Work and family don’t have to stay in separate boxes — trying to keep them fully apart usually means hiding pieces of ourselves in…
It seems like we are constantly searching for balance. But balance was never the goal. Harmony was. I just didn’t have the word for it. Balance feels impossible to sustain because it’s built on the wrong model. Balance asks you…
Have you heard of the dishwasher effect? I learned about it a few months ago, while listening to Optimal Living Daily (if you love self-improvement and podcasts, this is a must-subscribe). I then went on to read the post, because…