If you’ve read my Calm & Confident Mom Handbook, or my blog post titled Radical Self-Care, you’ll know my philosophy about self-care....

Our wonderful Nest thermostat broke. And I was at a total loss for what to do about it because … technology. So we called the Nest...

“This month is so crazy.” Which month would you say that about? Some moms say that about September (perhaps the getting back to school...

Emotions … the “feels … the stuff that sometimes we avoid (when we don’t want to feel it) and sometimes we embrace (when we love the...

I had a fascinating discussion with a group of people about life and death. And one person said, “I’m scared of dying without making a...

Many moms I work with or speak to have this number one go-to emotion in their motherhood: overwhelm. Did you know that EVERY thought is...

If you look up the word “buffer,” it means to lessen or moderate the impact of. Often, we humans buffer in order not to feel a certain...

Humans have somewhere between 60,000-80,000 thoughts a day. (I’m sure you’ve heard me say that before). That’s A LOT of thoughts. A whole...

I still haven’t figured out why, but we women/moms are masterfully skillful at beating ourselves up. We walk around our houses with...

So much of what we do, or don’t do, is to avoid a feeling. The feeling of failure. Or disappointment. Or not-good-enough. And then when...

My kids are off from school next week for winter break. My brain said, "That'll be fun—I'm excited for what we'll do together." And then...

Recently, I was coaching one of my good friends. After a few coaching sessions together, she said to me, “Now I totally see the...

Do you want to know the #1 thing that leads to resentment? It’s very simple: expectations. And for sure unrealistic expectations....

I’ll tell you why this picture means a lot to me . Today I took my youngest (of 4 kids ) to the children’s museum . And I loved it. I was...

Cherries means summer’s coming and— Summer = Dread. Wait, what ??? Yep, that’s what summer used to mean for me. I love the structure of...

Whether you’re the kind of person who waits till your gas tank is empty to refill, or whether you fill up at various points throughout...

About 6 years ago, when I was drowning in self-loathing, not-good-enough syndrome, I remember strongly believing that I was not a good...

Last Sunday, I made awesome shish kabobs. And I had to marinate the meat. Here’s a sign that I’m a life coach through and through: I was...

The need to have a doctor, a dentist, an optometrist … those are all a given. It’s a standard in our society to take care of our physical...

Yesterday, I had an awesome conversation with my 9-year-old daughter. We were driving, and she was sitting in the passenger seat next to...