I originally wrote this post a couple of years ago, and I was reflecting on it today after doing some spring cleaning of my house.  With time comes growth, which means that I now have additional thoughts on this post.  The original text is as follows: Let's agree to take a gentle, nonjudgmental stance right […]

When I started my blog in 2014 I was posting every week day, Monday through Friday.  It was an incredible experience in finding my voice, articulating my thoughts and beliefs, and putting content out there for the world to see (talk about vulnerability!).  This was inspired by Seth Godin who blogs literally every single day, […]

I haven't blogged at all in the past week because, well, life happened.  My son was sick, spent a night in the hospital, and I was right where I needed to be with my family.   I spent a lot of time last week thinking about the experience and observing my own reactions.   It […]

Do you ever have those days where you feel like you can't do anything right?  I had one of those last week when I messed up big time on scheduling with two different clients.  That familiar pit in my stomach emerged and I knew I was totally experiencing shame.   Luckily, I knew what to […]

I've been in an emotional funk this week.  I could go through all of the "woe is me" reasons that I feel this way but they are irrelevant to my point here.   What this has signaled to me is that I am in need of some self-care.  So I have been pouring it on. […]

How often are you apologizing for yourself?   How often do you give a disclaimer when you share something you created?  It may be work, a meal, a painting, your hairstyle.  Do you give a disclaimer with it? "It's not perfect, but…"  or, "I didn't have enough time to get it exactly right…" or, "I'm […]