Feb 28, 2017
My issue with ‘Before and After’ photos is that they place the before photos in a context that implies that it’s unacceptable to look like what we look like in our after photos. Newsflash: If you're on a weight loss journey, it doesn't matter how much weight you lose because if you fail to work on a positive...
Feb 25, 2017
Loss and the grief that follows it is unimaginable. It's this awful club that none of us really want to belong to. But even though our pain and grief may manifest itself differently, we all know what it's like to have someone taken from us. It's unfair. But it's a huge part of who I am because when I lost my brother, I...
Feb 24, 2017
Let's talk about my arch nemesis, rejection. I think rejection isn’t a death sentence, I think it’s just a reminder to work your patience muscle and keep fighting. Sometimes no does mean no but more often than not, no just means not right now. But because our relationship to rejection, failure, and no is built...
Feb 23, 2017
Stuck in the vicious, "I'll start tomorrow" cycle?
I get it. I spent most of my life in it. I used to pray that I'd wake up motivated. Here's the thing, it's not just about how badly you want to make a change, sometimes life gets in the way! You're busy! Between work, family, friends, significant others, fur babies, and...
Feb 22, 2017
Authenticity is a buzzy word that people LOVE to throw around. But it's hard to be authentic when we live in a hypercritical social media obsessed world where "likes" have created a new form of status and success. Figuring out who I was and giving myself permission to be "unlikable" took a hell of a lot of time....