CRASH! “Mumble mumble…” (that wasn’t exactly what I uttered when I knocked the glass to the tile floor with my elbow, but you get the gist). “So this is how my week is going to start…bring it!” I thought, as 7am Monday morning greeted me with shards of glass on my kitchen floor. Immediately I […]
Eat The Marshmallow Already: Delaying Gratification (A Review of “The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control”)
12 Things To Do Today To Create Joy
Your Story Ain’t My Story
I am an entrepreneur. Who has also been a stay-at-home mom. I consider myself blessed to have had both opportunities, and to relate to women who choose both paths. It’s so easy to give someone a label and assume you know their story because of it, isn’t it? Well, here’s a newsflash: my story ain’t […]
How Brooke Shields made me enjoy leafy greens
Leafy green vegetables. Spinach, rainbow chard, dandelion greens, watercress, red chard, bok choy, kale, yellow chard (I know, there are LOTS of different colors of chard…who knew?!). Leafy green vegetables. What kind of feelings does the phrase evoke in you? Just imagine a group of hungry school-age children playing outside, and a mother who calls […]
We’re All In This Together!
One Simple Trick to BEAT Stress Into Submission
How Affirmations Changed My Self-Talk When you look in the mirror, what’s the first thing you say to yourself? If you are like most women, it’s not something kind or complimentary. Most of us are WAY too hard on ourselves, and the media doesn’t help with that. Think about it…can you recall ONE company that […]