Some of the best advice I’ve ever gotten is to “just start.” Now for someone who has cared about the output for a very long time, who has been meticulous about planning (which funny enough, I am really suuuper spontaneous at my core), it has been a challenging thing for me to do that. To Continue reading

I was in a yoga class one day, lying flat on my mat with my eyes closed and sweat running down my face and body, when my yoga instructor said something profound. With controlled breathing, I listened to her words, “If you’re living in the future, you’re anxious. If you’re living in the past, you’re Continue reading

April 10th, 2019. Today is a hard day. 2 years ago today, I moved out from the tiny house my husband and I were living in together and I moved in with my sisters. It was the only thing I could think to do at the time. It was something I had to do – separate. Continue reading

YOU ARE ENOUGH. Just as you are. Without putting anything on. Without pretending, or striving, or doing. Without hiding behind walls or makeup and clothes and false lashes and a plastered smile. YOU. YOU are enough. You with the imperfect skin. You with the cellulite and misshapen breasts. You with the short temper and character Continue reading

This week*, I sat in a court room with my family, while my older sister held my hand tightly. We sat and listened to eight other couples go through the process I was about to walk through myself. Before I knew it, it was my turn to take the stand. I held up my right Continue reading