Joy Drop: What Drives Happiness?

Everyone has a set baseline happiness level and our levels fluctuate up and down. Can we change our baseline? Yes, we can! The brain is malleable and can grow and change through intentional happiness habits. We can change the neural feedback lops in our brain by working with our thoughts, actions, and behaviors.  The brain […]

What’s the difference between burnout and stress?

Burnout is more than just stress. There’s a difference between the two. Like stress, it causes physical damage, and over time, it leads to anxiety disorders and job burnout. Stress is a normal part of life, and it’s something we deal with on a day-to-day basis. Burnout is what happens when it’s all too much.  […]

Ruth Bader Ginsberg: A Changemaker for Women

A powerful advocate for women who changed the game for all of us On September 18, 2020, we lost one of the most fearless female leaders this generation has seen. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, better known as RBG, was one of only four women ever to sit on the Supreme Court of the United States. She […]

Have You Ever Been Told “You’re Too Much”?

I am a “too much” woman. I was told for a long time that I was “too much” of everything: Too confident Too loud Too ambitious Too extroverted Too emotional Too talkative I love hard and I feel deeply, and yes, I want to have it all. Every single bit of it. I have kickass […]

5 Tips for Overcoming What Others Think

Almost every woman I know struggles with what other people think of her. We want to pretend we don’t, but the bottom line is most of us do.  We want to be our authentic selves and be ‘real’. That’s a very worthy goal and I think that would feel really good. We love seeing people […]

You Are More Than Any Body Part

Rejecting Diet Culture and Loving Your Whole Self My friend, Jamila Hume, is on a mission to guide and empower women to create balance and harmony in their lives—to live from a place of radiance. She knows from experience how life’s daily challenges and stressors can alter a person’s well-being. That’s why she’s all about […]

7 Things I Refuse to Be Judged For

How to Proudly Wear The Labels Others Give You We live in a society of labels. There’s always someone trying to slap a descriptor on us … telling us how we’re supposed to act, feel, talk, dress, look. How we’re supposed to BE. We get these messages from family, friends, our communities, the culture. And we’re […]