Category: Getting Better

Happiness is a Practice This afternoon I was driving along a road that runs parallel to the ocean. It is a cold day here in New England, just twenty-one degrees,...

This is exactly the way I dreamed of my life when I dared to dream. In the dark times- Cancer, job loss, a marriage close to the brink of divorce,...

I guess I’ve come a long way. All I saw on the halftime show heard from Minnesota to Nebraska was two powerful non-white women absolutely fucking crushing it. A decade...

We aren’t as fragile as we think we are. We are capable of handling the hard conversations and setting boundaries. We are strong enough to sit with emotion and think...

Here’s what I know: we are losing too many important contributions from women. Instead of speaking up we are camouflaging our stomachs. Instead of saying “no” we are nodding. Rather...

Me: “I only work out when I feel like it.” Them: “pssht. If you only work out when you feel like it you’ll never work out.” Me: “ I do...

Okay male Noom user on the commercial- you “got your life back” from losing 27 pounds? How much self-worth must you lack to let 27 pounds require the need to...

Self-worth is essetnial to living a happy life, I think. I did not realize it, though. How about you? Everyone is looking back at their year, it seems. There are...

Here’s something I’ve learned about boundaries: if someone has a good handle on boundaries and has them set, it doesn’t matter if you think the boundaries are appropriate. That’s the...

This “fuck this shit” bracelet arrived yesterday. Knowing the hands that made it makes me feel even more empowered and powerful when I wear it. It is a work of...