MOTIVATION + INSPIRATION
Stories, encouragement, and strength to help you dive in and dig deep
MOTIVATION + INSPIRATION
Stories, encouragement, and strength to help you dive in and dig deep
The WANT Women: My Story.
For most of my life, I've had a pretty crap-tastic self image. Self confidence? Loads of it (more on that later). But the way I viewed that confidence - the opinions I formed around it, the things I did to "keep myself...
i am grateful.
i am grateful for the discomfort the wonderful blissful discomfort that keeps me squirming on questions i am grateful for the questions, the asking, the search. the way my mind cannot sit still and tells stories like a...
my advanced practice.
My advanced practice is not a headstand Or a handstand Or that twisty arm balancy thingy I learned to do last year after days on end of trying. My advanced practice isn’t how deep I twist Or how floaty I get Or how I...
I Am Pretty.
I'm pretty. I am really pretty. I am pretty and I apologize for it all the time. It's taking everything in my power not to do it now. See, look? There I go again. The apologies and the excuses, I am so sick of them....
The Stories We Tell.
My friend Chris once told me that when he felt a moment of breakdown, he repeated to himself, "The emotions of the situation are not the reality of the situation." My friend Jen Pastiloff says to me one evening,...
The Cover Up.
SHE SITS there staring, at what it doesn't matter. A loose top by her side, you wonder why she doesn't throw it on, she seems so cold. Her hands look placed and her head seems positioned. He walks with his friends,...
Beauty Is Everywhere.
Beauty is everywhere. There is beauty in the trees, their colors, the way the palm trees gently rock side to side even with the harshest of winds. There is beauty in the unmade bed, the sheets all twisted and lopsided...
flood the house.
Some would consider my sense of self image skewed. Hah. Image. That word…it sounds all wrong. I merely use it to articulate myself in a way that's easily comprehended. But then…then there are those friends who know how...
fear by any other name
This fear of disappointment, where did it come from? It's not a fear of being disappointed - it's a fear of disappointing. It's a fear of not leading. It's a fear of authority and being left behind. I'm always worried...
all i want is a bookshelf.
All I want is a big tall bookshelf filled with poetry and inspiration. It's been a dream of mine - silly really, since it is so doable. Floor to ceiling. Bookshelves instead of wallpaper. Books for reading. Not books...
dear self: a letter to katie in her senior year of high school.
Dear Katie, So I've got some good news and bad news. The bad news is that almost 10 years from when you graduate, Calabasas High School will finally do West Side Story. In that new theatre that was supposed to be ready...
