I’m Still the Mom: Birthing a Child & a Business
Lola has wanted almost nothing to do with me lately. She shouts, “No! No! I want daddy!” When I try to get her out of bed in the morning or when I try to give her a bath. My husband – being responsible for an almost 3-year-old most hours of the day – is frazzled. [...]
10 minutes of yoga: on finding your bare minimum
I have been feeling gross. Bloated. Lethargic. Out of sorts. I have also dropped my 4-times-a-week yoga addiction habit that I spent the winter cultivating. First it was some travel, then it was some personal stuff, then it was more travel. Cutting out an hour & a half of my day to drive to the [...]
If you are waiting to start until you have the approval of others, you will be waiting forever.
This piece originally appeared as an exclusive for my subscribers… but I couldn’t bare to not share it with you as well. There are naysayers in our lives who reinforce our own fear of action & creation. These aren’t people who live on the periphery or hang out in the shadows; they’re our husbands, wives, [...]
hinging
There’s a phrase, “she’s come unhinged.” Literally, the supports have worn away. What has held her up, allowed her to function – it’s no longer there. I envision a door, leaning, busted and sad. The cold breeze creeps in through Winter. Hot, stagnant air flows through in Summer. The wood in the frame rots and [...]
my pilgrimage: thoughts on Etsy & social media
“Etsy… is a place?” One of Megan‘s students asked her. “Yes, it’s a place,” she replied. Etsy is a marketplace, a state of mind, a verb, and, yes, a very real place in Brooklyn where everyone looks so very, well, Brooklyn. Traveling up the elevator, walking through the industrial hallways, entering the Etsy Labs, I [...]
