Dear Readers, I’m going to be taking a longer pause from my writing. I need more time to regroup and refocus, and I need to decide which...

I kept making one HUGE mistake in my recent self-defense class: I would throw my punches with my eyes closed. I guess I thought that by...

If I have a big pile of laundry in front of me, my energy is focused on getting those pieces folded and put away. And fast. I typically...

Inspiration to keep writing my story/my blog recently came from an unusual source: Jessica Simpson. This past year I listened to her book...

I now realize how strong my perfectionist tendencies are. Friends who know me well have seen it all along, I'm sure (and are probably...

ETF: Eat the Frog, is the name of a gym my friend used to go to. I had so many questions for her because I had never heard that phrase....

I read this advice printed on the tab of my Dorset Cereal’s granola box: Today’s a day to chat to someone new. Or someone old. Or anyone...

It’s been a little over a year since our beloved cat, Yoshi, passed away. It has not been easy with that little guy gone. I still let...

A recently experienced a very ugly side of myself. And unfortunately, some close friends saw it too. I won’t go into detail, but I do...

I’m taking a life lesson from bamboo. It started when a friend gave me a card gift set* that explains how bamboo is a “symbol of...

I’m slightly obsessed with feeding the birds. I will always be a cat mama in my heart. But since my kitty passed away, I’ve found such...

If you are a regular reader of my blog, you know that I like to put up monthly quotations on my Instagram and Facebook page. And for the...

A typical day has me waiting to hear back from an email or text I sent. I will check my phone periodically, even while I’m waiting in,...

Things I've learned the hard way: I should slow down. I shouldn’t shop for my weekly groceries when I’m really hungry. (Yet I still do?)...

I texted a friend of mine to learn details about life in her 40s. I wanted to know what she was experiencing in this new decade I am...

I remember my English teacher in high school talking about this phrase: I’m going to crown you. Intrigued, I asked her what it meant....

Give ourselves curfews? What a crazy thought. But I love it. A perk of getting older is HAPPILY leaving behind those adolescent curfews...

Because I turned 40 this month, I asked women in their 40s (or those who recently exited them) what they would say about this new decade...

Do I feel like doing IT? That little question isn’t always the best, but I ask it often. Especially before starting a workout. Do you...

When I was school age, I often heard my teachers say something akin to: You are the next generation: you are the next set of teachers,...