I have come to always anticipate an October surprise. Against the backdrop of our most gorgeous season, something significantly challenging just about always comes to a head between the months of October and December. Someone quits their job. My...
This post is brought to you byLysol™® Germ-Cast™, available for download on the Apple App Store and Google Play.Images by Judith Kostroski and video by Chris McDuffie Well, the holidays are long gone. For our 2020 celebrations, we managed to...
Photo by Chelsey WerthI know what kind of day it’s going to be by how eager I am for my first (and second…and third) cup of coffee when I wake up in the morning. These days, I’m becoming more...
Editor’s Note: We’re sharing this article, originally published in March 2020, as a reminder of the power of setting healthy boundaries in each and every relationship in our lives.
“No.” Practice it again: No, no, no. Boundaries, baby! We all need them...
Plenty of experts will explain the benefits of daily creativity. This always used to baffle me a bit, because I once thought creativity was a feeling or a state of mind that would just magically show up, a spontaneous...
Do you remember the first time you had a gut feeling about something? Probably not. It’s a natural-in-the-sense-that-you-don’t-always-acknowledge-it thing that happens; a this-is-just-how-it’s-supposed-to-be part of life we’ve all experienced time and time again.
So here’s an easier question: Do you...
Photo by Lieselotte De Bie on UnsplashI don’t remember how it felt to kick and scream as a kid. I don’t remember how it felt to wail, to want something so unreasonably badly that the gut-yearning made my fists clench into white...
Photo by Leonardo Corral on UnsplashWhile the last twelve months may have been defined by less physical movement, with stay at home orders and living through a pandemic, it has been an extraordinary time of mental movement. From the moment we wake...
Image by Marlen Mueller via RepellerSome of you who were thrown into working from home during the pandemic may have just recently discovered the magic of a midday nap. I’m fortunate enough to have been working from home for...
Photo by Elina Upmane on UnsplashWriter’s Note: Please note that the word “women” in this article is intended to be inclusive of anyone who identifies as a woman, including transgender, gender-fluid, and non-binary individuals.
I’m going to write a little story I’m uncomfortable telling....