The Surprising Science of Smiling I can't believe how powerful smiles are. Even if it is a forced smile, when you curl up the corners of your lips, endorphins immediately flood your brain. It triggers dopamine, which accelerates your body's feeling of bliss and euphoria by triggering your reward nerve centers. Go On A Rampage... [...]
I get really excited for full moons. Across every nation there are fables, traditions, and rituals around full moons. Globally, we all seem to recognize the powerful force of the full moon; it drudges up both negative and positive energies! I love to have a little Full Moon ritual in my home every month. It [...]
Are you getting enough self-care? I find that I need between 15-30% of my "work" day to be self-care oriented. It can be "productive", or it can be napping. I work for a few hours in the morning, then workout, run, hike, lift weights or do yoga. As I'm luxuriously getting ready, I prepare to [...]
"Give me the child for the first seven years and I will give you the man." - Ignatius of Loyola Throughout the first thirty-some odd years of my own life, I was somewhat conscious of the fact that I had generational habits hanging over my life. In some part of me deep down, [...]
"Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.” - The Bhagavad Gita Last week my personal and spiritual evolution got annihilated in 90 minutes. During a yoga class... You'd think that sounds pretty reasonable, right? After all, isn't yoga somewhat fundamentally about returning to your true self? Isn't the asana [...]
Why are moms suffering... personally and financially? Because we are categorically the most vulnerable people in society! You see, when we become moms, we immediately trade in our 40 hour work week for a whopping 98 hour work week, according to a study published by WorkingMother(dot)com. Some women choose to work, where they're not entitled [...]
I was just speaking with a friend who is constantly playing the “if only” card… i.e. the world’s smallest violin. “Well, if only he was nicer to me.” “If only I made more money.” “If only I were getting more sleep.” The truth is, this mama is making herself unhappy. Girl, you gotta take that [...]
I remember when my Sun first came home from the hospital... He was less than 6 pounds. He was the most beautiful thing I'd ever laid eyes on. But I was already exhausted out of my mind... I Didn't Choose Myself That Day... I'd previously heard that men can feel replaced or rejected when a [...]
As women and as mothers, we are usually caught between wanting to nurture and support everybody around us while also trying to be the self-expressed Superwomen we trained to become through school, higher education, our professional careers, and cultural influences. And the secret of becoming a Superwoman? You can have both. You can [...]
In the U.S., bosses earned 312 times more than the average worker in 2017, according to the Economic Policy Institute. In fact, CEO's in America's largest companies got a 17.6% pay increase last year... ... While employees got nearly no pay increase; just .3% according to the stats. During my teenage years and most of [...]
Today I woke up to a text from a babysitter canceling. The last time I wanted to go to a networking event, my babysitter canceled. The last time I wanted to have dinner with a girlfriend without kids... yep, another sitter canceled. In my recollection, I've hired sitters 20 times this year and perhaps THREE [...]
You're probably here because, like me, you found motherhood to be WAY harder than you thought. You may have lost connection with family, coworkers, your lover, and even your life's purpose. Every day you are tethered to your child's every whim. What you wouldn't give for a NAP... or even a shower... There are days [...]
I am honored to know a brilliant researcher and methodologist from whom I once paid $1,000 an hour for professional coaching. This man has written over 180 methodologies in business, professional coaching, education, and even love. When faced with his own failed relationship, he did what came naturally to him; he studied everything there was [...]
Did you ever notice that sometimes you really, REALLY love being ALONE? You may be absolutely crazy about your lover, your family, or your friends. But as much as you love them, you thrive on alone time. Perhaps your husband is going on a fishing trip this weekend. Do you find yourself dreaming about all [...]
At long last...... Right about 6:15 a.m. I finally shuffled my aching body to the bathroom to brush my teeth. My son was cradled in my right arm, where he'd slept that night, as well as the previous 200 nights. I was only 32 years old, but earlier that week I'd been mistaken by a [...]
My friend Sara, an energy healer and overall badass health genius, once told me that anger is a form of love and I was left in shock. How could something that causes so much pain come from love? I associated anger with it's extreme manifestations; yelling, name-calling, and even physical assault. But then I pondered [...]
I recently hired a business coach with the hair-raising price tag of $10,000 for 10 sessions. Each session was a 1-hour remote call with this coach from abroad; he lives in Israel and we spoke on Skype. Although the money was a stretch, the coach had worked with several of my business and marketing peers [...]
I'm overcome with joy... and shock... that I'm in my house after evacuating for 6 days last week due to the #basaltshootingrange #LakeChristineFire that almost completely enveloped my sweet, small town. This video shows how close we were to losing (literally) the entire town. This isn't the first fire I've overcome this year. My Aspen [...]
Time and time again, I encounter the same self-limiting opposition to starting a home-based business. "I'm not an expert." Quintessentially, almost nobody who cooks, trains, teaches, coaches, instructs, or sells information in any way is an expert. All you need to do is to be 1 or 2 steps ahead of a few thousand (or [...]
