Several years ago –I don’t even know how many it’s been exactly now, but at least two or three– this fun mug with the suggestion to “Practice Reckless Optimism” showed up in my mail. I don’t even remember if it was around my birthday or Christmas. It was around someContinue Reading

Grimacing boy in car seat

I think there’s a reason I never had kids. Besides the fact I never tried to get pregnant. If it was meant to be, I firmly believe the universe would’ve conspired in ways to make it happen. But they didn’t. So here I am, child free, and once again shakingContinue Reading

Active vs passive sign post

I have this mediation app on my phone, Meditation Studio, that I love. I got it free for a year through my Starbucks app a few years back. Even now it amazes me how it can calm, center, and ground me –all from an app! I haven’t been doing yogaContinue Reading

Fountain pen and candle

Recently I shared that I made it to the first phase selection of an upcoming Chicken Soup book Think Positive, Live Happy. Great news, right? Yes! I love seeing emails that validate someone else thought something I wrote might be worthy of publishing. However, while it’s a good sign, it’sContinue Reading