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I caught up with one of my favorite people in the whole wide world a couple days ago. We talked about everything under the sun until we...
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I Get to Do Something Different
Natalie loves to sit in the kitchen with me and watch me cook and engage me in conversation. I love leaning in and looking into her big...
Through Rose-Colored Glasses: Developing Healthy Views of Yourself
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Ask the Expert: How Does A Working Mom Do It?
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Love Well
As I navigate the many roles I am blessed to be in as a woman, I am thinking about my mom’s experiences and my experience of her...
For Such a Time As This
The other night when we were all winding down, as I tidied up my eldest’s desk, I looked at all her things, and thoughts ran through my...
Grace: Not For Individual Resale
Have you ever stopped to think about good ol' grace? I recently brainstormed an acronym for GRACE to guide us all through this pandemic,...
Responsibility Builds Resilience
Healing is not entirely about forgiving yourself and forgiving others. Although forgiveness is essential, and it can be extremely hard,...
You Deserve Your Loyalty First
If you’re like me, loyalty is huge. My sense of loyalty to others got in the way of me being true to myself when I was first learning...
Like My Mom, I Didn’t Cry
I remember the day my dad passed away so clearly. Starting the night before. My mom received the phone call that he’d “taken a turn for...
Every Breath is Sacred
I remember the joy I felt when the technician told me, “It’s a boy!” During my first pregnancy, my daughter’s father was present. During...
The Power of Story: Turning Generational Trauma into Generational Healing
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My Whole Self
On our drive back down the mountains from Angeles Crest Forest this past Sunday, my age came up in the conversation, and my girl friend...
Growing Up Biracial: How I Learned to Embrace Diversity
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Mama Martyr
I used to think I was such a martyr, and that I could love people without anything in return. Then I got in touch with my feelings....
We All Have It
No one ever really talks about what it's like to grieve the loss of someone living--not when the diagnosis is of someone's mental...
Give Them Flowers Now
Love people in this moment and exactly where they are, for you cannot know their journey in the past and their direction in the future....
Thank you, Mom
I actually wrote and shared this in 2016, but it will always be relevant. It has since been updated. In honor of Mother’s Day, I want to...
Compassion for Sale
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. Dalai Lama My earliest memories are of...
All Rise!
If you judge people, you have no time to love them. -Mother Teresa I will add that this includes judgment of self. I'm more of a...