Permission to quit: You have it. [Anything worth loving is worth sacrificing for but not everything you sacrifice for is worth loving]

This happened. JellyBean (4): “Look what I found mom! Now we can be twins! But… where do I buy the thingies that go in them??” (Oh honey, I too need to find the thingies that go in them!) “Mom, can you tell me the story again of how I was born?” Everyone has a vital need …

An epic love story that will renew your faith in people: “Just because life is hard doesn’t mean it can’t be good” [The Hope and Steve Dezember Story]

I get to interview a lot of cool, funny, smart and amazing people for my job (true story: just interviewed a scientist whose research has shown that eating broccoli sprouts can help clean pollution out of your lungs!) but every once in a while I get to do an interview that goes straight to my …

The girl went over the mountain*… almost [My grand adventure part 2]

Successes are sunshine and failures are fertilizer but you need both to help you grow. That adage was on my mind a lot on Saturday. First, because two of my besties had flown in to visit me here in Colorado for an adventure weekend and we had Big Plans and as Big Plans are wont to do, …

“I love your potential more than I love you”: The importance of loving ourselves for who we are now

This afternoon I spent a harrowing hour biting my nails and waiting to hear the test results. No not another test on my heart or broken brain. In fact this test wasn’t even anything to do with me! I was waiting for my son to finish his placement test for what math class he’ll end …

Why Are We So Scared to Say What We Mean? Necklace Promises to Rescue You From Bad Dates But Not Bad Taste

All bodybuilders go to heaven… This is still my most favorite thrift store find and I know I’ve used it on here before but deal with it because I love this so hard. I think ‘Roided Out Guardian Angel With Mullet (TM) is going to be the unofficial GFE mascot! Everyone has a Creepy Date story. …

Learning to Enjoy the Now: 8 Steps to Ditching Worry and Regret [From someone who’s basically made of worry and regret. And guacamole.]

 Warning: Imma get all hippie-dippy up in here so if you don’t feel like navel gazing, you can always check out Humans of New York. Make you smile all day.  I love self-help books. I love projects on myself. I love therapy. Which means I’m either the world’s biggest narcissist or have the world’s lowest …

Life Lessons From the Yoga Mat: You Have to Look Up to Lift Up [New study says if you want to be happy go dancing but skip the gym?]

Face down on my yoga mat is my least favorite position. Mostly because I never remember to wash the thing and it does a really good job as a “sticky mat” as evidenced by all the little flakes of my skin all over it. (Side note: If I ever go missing, use my yoga mat …

The Things We Do Not Say: Talking About the Unspeakable

“Silence is not the absence of something but the presence of everything” Something happened this weekend. It was heart-rending and immense and the repercussions will reverberate for a long time. And all weekend I’ve been trying to figure out how to write about it, because that’s how I deal with stuff. But I can’t. For …

How To Find Yourself When You Are Lost [10 Tips For Your Next Identity Crisis]

I’ve lost myself. Oh don’t worry, it’s not serious. Not like the time I ate the special brownies and tried to join Gwar only to get eaten by a giant cockroach. (lie: I don’t eat brownies unless they’re in ice cream and the only “special” ingredient I’d eat would be black beans. I would totally join Gwar …