I Tell Myself Stories: The Need for Validation.
What child is afraid of swing sets? This child was, that’s who. I was afraid of the swings, I was afraid of the Big Slide, I didn’t venture into the “deep end” until I was seven years old. I stayed the fck away from the monkey bars, and I sure as hell wouldn’t play...
A Brief List Of Things To Apologize For.
You do not need to apologize for who you are. You do not need to apologize for: Your hair. Your clothes. Your makeup Or none. Your reserve Or none. You do not need to apologize for your ideas, Or your dreams Or the way you see potential when others refuse to look...
Reframing Regret.
Up until about a week ago, I used to say that I didn’t believe in Regret. Regret is a useless emotion, I’d scoff when people would ask me What’s my One Biggest Regret or the One Thing I Wish I Could Do Over. You can’t do anything about the past, I’d say, feeling all...
I Make Money Moves: How To NOT Freak Out Over Your Bank Account
I will never forget the person who changed my relationship with money. No, not a parent. No, not a boss. It was my first… …tax guy. My friend Roy referred me to Wardie back when I was twenty-something, broke-ish, and realized that if I ever wanted to truly...
It’s Not Easy, But It’s Right: A Love Story.
I woke up this morning with the kind of heartache I hadn’t felt in a very, very long time. Bigger than that one hour I had a mini meltdown when I moved. Bigger than packing up my things and saying see-you-soons. No, it was more akin to the type of heartache I...
