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
5 Empowering Books By Women I Can’t Freaking Wait To Read In The New Year (Plus Two That Haven’t Even Dropped Yet!)
Last year, I did something I've wanted to do since I was in elementary school: I joined a book club. Okay, the book club consisted of two people. One of them being me. The other being my husband. But still. We met. We...
Shift Your Self-Talk: Defining Your Through Line.
What is the common theme in everything you love? What is the common goal in everything you do? Those, my friends, are what create your THROUGH LINE. And while some people might suggest mantras or affirmations, it's my...
Twelve Goals, One Year: How To Conquer One ‘Resolution’ A Month
We’re all set with the best of intentions come January, etching lofty goals into our journals to carry with us into spring, summer, fall, and winter. But let’s be honest with ourselves for a sec: the end of Resolution...
The Artist Formerly Known As Me: On Living In Flux.
MY RELATIONSHIP with journaling was very “friends with benefits” for most of my life: oft ignored but always there when I needed it most. Most of the time, I completely ignored my grandmother’s advice to document...
It Moves With You: On Slowing Down + Shifting Gears
All year, I've been running. Literally and metaphorically. Running into my career, running into my 30s, running into huge life changes, new habits, new routines, new purpose, standing my ground with people I love, and...
The Table Flip.
I had an odd experience this morning. It's the first Sunday in a while I’ve not only been by myself (Jeremy is in San Diego), but I’ve had a few hours TO myself. No meetings till later, no appointments to rush to, no...
Ghost Worries: The Fear of What *Might* Happen.
I am high-strung. It’s not that I’m not easygoing or that I’m quick to argue – not in the least. My high-strungness manifests in waves...or rather, in jolting earthquakes that eventually rumble themselves out....
Think Big. Start Small. Step Now.
I - Think big. I grew up a sporadic yet impassioned journal writer. Long stretches of months would sometimes go by between entries, yet when they DID happen, the entries would always be pages long - usually smattered...
The Recovery Myth, Part Four: “What Does Recovery Mean To You?” 7 Warrior Women on Living The New Normal
I am so proud to bring you THE RECOVERY MYTH: a four-part miniseries by WANT sharing real-life stories, smashing open misconceptions, and shining a light on what recovery from an eating/body-related disorder or...
5 Fem-Powered Podcasts You Should Be Listening To (…that AREN’T by NPR.)
Look. I am NPR's self-elected fan club president. In a storm of biases and opinions, I can count on NPR to fill me in on what's going on in the world, open my eyes to opinions that might not entirely match my own, and...
The Graceful Flail: An Ode To Adulthood.
Being an adult is hard work. We wake up early, we go to bed late, we regulate early bedtimes to make those early mornings more manageable and push those late nights so the mornings start fresh. Half the time we're...
A Quick PSA on Diversity, Denial, and How Curiosity Will Save The World.
I live in a city where I am PUMMELED by diversity the second I walk out the door. Diversity in race, diversity in religion, diversity in gender identity, diversity in age, class, body type, occupation -- you name it,...
