Right now, you are holding a big question for your life. Maybe it’s whether or not to have another baby – and what that really means for you. Or perhaps it’s how to do what you love (or what that even is) and still have the time to tend to your sweet kiddos. Whatever it […]

Freedom is knowing who you are, like the difference between your ego, which insists that you’re simply not good enough, and your brilliant and perfectly lovable self – and choosing to give voice and power to the latter. It is paying attention to the tug of your heart, and the whisper of your soul. It […]

My daughter and I are heading on the train to NYC tomorrow morning to celebrate her sixth birthday.  A “girls weekend”, as she says, where we’ll stay up late and eat lots of cake. Oh, this daughter of mine who challenges, delights and never ceases to surprise me. As I was cooking dinner the other […]

I never thought I’d say this, but I’m about to make the case for good enough. And I am not speaking about the kind of good enough that is really our egos convincing us not to speak up or dare to play bigger. I am speaking of good enough as a radical act of self-care. […]

I had a post prepared and ready. Then a snowstorm hit – and I came undone. And it inspired me. I was a man down with my husband traveling when it hit – and all appointments, plans and schools were subsequently cancelled. I was tired; all three kids had woken at different times the previous […]

There is nothing like motherhood to challenge the ego (you know, the part of us attached to what others think). I want my daughter to speak up, take risks, and express who she is without apology. And yet, when she dances around the grocery store aisles, twirling and singing, I feel the tug of my […]