Can I Be a Good Mom AND an Ambitious Woman?
Why It’s Important to Put Yourself First Sometimes We’ve all seen the social media posts from those amazing women who seem to have it all—and do it all well. The woman who manages to create the perfectly-posed holiday pictures with her photogenic family. The one who’s at every one of her kids’ sporting events, cheering […]
Taking Back Your Power from the ‘Haters’
How to Learn, Grow, & Thrive in the Face of Negativity Not long ago, a friend reached out to me because she was dealing with “haters.” Ugh. My friend is wildly successful both professionally and personally. She has an amazing career, a loving family, and a beautiful home. And while her life is far from […]
Women and Ambition: Overcoming Outdated Attitudes
How to Embrace Your Dreams, Go for the Gold, and Ignore the Naysayers Do you have ambition? Drive? A dream … a desire? Something that you want from your personal or professional life, and you’d do anything to achieve it? Now let me ask you this: Are you a woman? If you answered yes to […]
Failure SHOULD Be An Option
Going for What You Want—and Being OK With Not Getting It “Failure is not an option.” We’ve all heard these pressure-filled words before. And I’m here to tell you that when you decide to try something, you should be OK with knowing that you might fail. But you should also know that there will be […]
My Child’s Success is Not My Own
Praising Their Achievements—Protecting Their Self-Worth Like all you other parents out there, I’m constantly striving to make myself BETTER for my son. A better listener, a better caregiver, a better support system. And I often worry that I’m not making the right decisions. (Spencer is 18, but I still sometimes wonder if I should have […]
Finding the Value in YOU
The Riches and Rewards of Loving Yourself In her book, Money, A Love Story, entrepreneur and author Kate Northrup writes, “If you can’t see your value, the world doesn’t give value back.” You see, good things flow to people who value themselves. And you gotta start with the inner stuff before the outside world begins […]
The Power of a Positive Mindset
How to Replace ‘I Have To’ with ‘I Get To’ I’ve been thinking a lot lately about a teacher friend of mine. Specifically, a conversation she and I had a couple of years ago that really changed my thinking. This friend had just been diagnosed with MS after years spent trying to figure out exactly […]
Is The Grass Really Greener?
Yearning for a Different Path While Honoring Your Own Journey I have a friend, Lori, who leads a very different life from mine. I absolutely LOVE my life, my family, my career. But sometimes—just sometimes—I yearn for Lori’s experiences. Lori is a mommy to three young children. She often posts photos on social media that […]
21 Days to a Kinder, Happier You
Why Random Acts of Kindness = A Conscious Choice for Happiness I’ve had kindness on the brain lately. I guess this isn’t surprising. Practicing “random acts of kindness” is one of my 5 happiness habits after all. And let’s be honest, if there’s one thing this world needs more of, it’s kindness! I was on […]
Mean Girls and Me
Overcoming the Haters and Discovering Real Happiness I’m getting on my soapbox today about women and trash talk. Why do SOME people, often females, feel threatened by others’ successes? I just really don’t get this, and I think it’s time for us to evolve. I’ve always sought to surround myself with people who are better […]