Admission. I wrote this after listening to This I Believe podcasts on NPR and reading the book, This I Believe. I was inspired by what I heard and read and wanted to submit my own essay. The submission requirements at the end of the book said to be brief, have a title and talk about what you DO believe, not what you...

            Resilience. Beautiful word isn’t it? What the heck does it mean?  It is like saying, “love is all you need” but having no idea what love actually acts like or feels like. I’ve often felt resilience is like this secret sauce that is the key to loving life, and yet no one wants to talk about it or knows...

            I recently got back from a week long yoga/meditation retreat in Mexico. Yes, it was a dream come true. I slept outdoors alongside 7 other women, listening to the ocean, showering and sharing to candlelight. We woke up to meditate every morning before sunrise, following by yoga, followed by all organic meals with yoga at...

            I’ve come down with a case of the blahs lately. Their melody seems to linger and I can’t shake it. I heard an analogy recently about emotions being like chords in music. They can come in waves of 3, 5, sometimes more. Sometimes creating beautiful harmony, other times, painful disharmony. And lately I’ve been playing a...

            Well, here goes nothing. Literally. I gave my 2 weeks notice at my job last week without a new job to jump into. I thought I’d braced myself for jumping off that cliff without the safety net of a plan, but I was wrong. Even though I made a vow to myself to allow the empty space and a few months to explore my options...