This is the first lesson I teach everyone when they come to yoga class: Look at your own eyes in the mirror. Simple, but not easy. Toes and heels touching. Look at yourself in the mirror. Lift your chin up. Relax your shoulders. Stomach in. Spine straight. Look back into your own eyes. Don’t […]
Read MoreWhat are the two most powerful words in the English language? I am. Because what comes after “I am” will shape your life. What you believe after I am, you will become. So I sat down and tried to make a list of who I was. Not who the world thought I was. Not Wife, […]
Read MoreYou’re Somebody’s Mother By Britt My house is sticky as can be. Everybody has to pee. I wouldn’t trade with any other. After all, I’m somebody’s mother. Somedays I’m smart, wise, and kind. Tomorrow I may contemplate leaving one behind. Strangers stop and say, “How cute!” They are, but maybe not the time one […]
Read MoreWhen I was 19 years old I wasn’t sure if I cared about anyone. Deep down, of course I did. Yet, watching my parents marriage conclude. Seeing my childhood home get sold. Regularly assuming that I could possibly find my alcoholic Mom dead in the house any day now. Unsure what I was meant to […]
Read MoreYou can take what you want from this. You should know that I have zero daughters, and that I am not a parenting expert. All I am is a daughter of someone, a mom of boys, and a survivor of getting called fat as a teenager many times. I am a keen observer of human behavior, […]
Read MoreI dream of inventing something baby related. First time parents are the best marketing audience ever. You can convince a nervous pregnant woman to buy anything to try and prepare and control a situation that is so far beyond your control. Don’t get me started on Sophie Le Giraffe. $24.99 for a teething toy. […]
Read MoreNew year. New experiences. New opportunities. 2017 was full of transitions for me. I transition as smooth as a fart in church. But once I wrapped my head around my goals. What do I really want? I watched the Mel Robbins TED talk more times than i’d like to admit, but here I go. […]
Read MoreI was just filling out an application online. Halfway done and I get distracted by preschool thunder dome going on in my living room. Come back. It disconnected from the internet. Then my MAC is saying update something or other. Things are freezing. So I hit the update and let this beast restart. Went and […]
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