I’ve been absent lately. Absent from this blog, from relationships, from life in general. I’ve been trying to figure out how to heal, how to grow stronger, how to move forward. And in that time I haven’t healed completely, I’m still figuring out how to put the pieces back together, but I have figured one … More The Secret Healing Powers of Children
Do you remember playing the game Chutes and Ladders as a child? For those of you with a deprived childhood, Chutes and Ladders is a board game where the objective is to reach the finish line first. The catch is that you can land on special squares that either have ladders, which allow you to skip … More The Importance of Self Love and My Lack of It
This weekend I had the pleasure of staying at a lake house with five girls who I met almost sixteen years ago when we were college freshman. We are only six of a slightly larger group who has managed to stay close for over a decade and a half. The weekend was filled with sunshine, … More Growing Up Together
One of the reoccurring themes in this blog is that parents are hard on themselves and each other. This saddens and disappoints me. I’ve done it. We have all done it. Parenting is already hard enough. Why are we doing this? As a step in the opposite direction, I have created a Parent Pact–thinking maybe … More The Parent Pact
I’ve spent the last four months being a stay at home mom. Prior to that, the only extended amount of time I have spent at home was for my two maternity leaves (which can never be compared to any other twelve weeks because they are an amazing and awful and overwhelming experience that I want … More Being a Stay at Home Mom vs. Being a Working Mom: One Mom’s Perspective
I’m not crazy or suicidal. It’s not that bad. But don’t you want it to be better? There are actually very few people who I know who I don’t think would benefit from therapy at some point in their life. Therapy doesn’t have to be only for those who are fighting severe mental illness, therapy … More Why aren’t you going to therapy? (The myths and stigma of therapy)
I know that I am not the only one who feels this way about social media. It keeps presenting itself in conversations, even with my OBGYN. I mentioned my blog and its purpose and she told me about a woman who was just in her office in tears because she felt like everyone else was … More My Love/Dislike* Relationship with Social Media
This past week I was very lucky to have a few days alone. I used that time to get a few things done around the house, interview (yay!), catch up on sleep and reconnect with a few friends. I happen to have worked with all four of these amazing people in the past, but they … More The Importance of Connecting
This is a picture of me (the one on the left). No makeup. No filter. No cropping out body parts. It is not the prettiest picture or the most flattering picture, but it is me. And it feels very much like the real me. The happy me. The me that I haven’t felt like in … More Maybe Appearances Aren’t So Deceiving
I have been truly overwhelmed by the number of people who have reached out to me since I started writing this blog saying that they can relate to my battle with depression and that they are happy that someone is talking about it. It is a fairly common diagnosis, yet majority of people who are … More How to Love Someone Who is Battling Depression
My Shiny Happy Life 