A week with every age in one house, and the reminder I didn’t know I needed I just got back from spring break, and I can’t stop thinking about it. There were 2 people in their 50s, 4 of us in our 40s, 2 in their 20s, 4 kids about to graduate high...
A real-life look at this in-between season of pride, panic, grief, and growth No one really prepares you for this part. There’s so much conversation around the early years, the sleepless nights, the toddler chaos, even the teenage years, but this...
I was looking at my phone calendar/schedule and couldn’t believe it was spring and we just had St Patrick’s day then I looked forward in the calendar and saw it….. 2 months until my oldest daughter graduates high school and I lost it and started...
What I’m actually doing right now for strength, hormones, nervous system health, and feeling like myself again. Spring officially starts on Friday, March 20th. Spring always feels like a deep breath, there is something about the light coming back...
And Why Our Brains Keep Escaping Back to the 90s Lately I keep seeing the same sentence everywhere. On Substack, on Instagram, on podcasts….. “I’m exhausted,” “ I’m burnt out,” “I am so rundown.” I even made an IG post last week on seeing this, in...
And I Am Not Okay About It In one week, the clocks spring forward. One hour disappears, but the evenings stay lighter longer, but somehow it feels like time speeds up even more. Why does the year feel like it’s flying by? January felt slow and...
Have you seen that meme about “Be gentle with me this week, my emotional support Winter Olympics are over.” My husband and I were just talking about this yesterday. It is always a bit sad when the Olympics are over. The nation comes together to...
There was a time when I was known as Mary, as in Mary Poppins. I had everything in my handbag. EVERYTHING. Long days at cheer competitions, tournaments, recitals, you name it, I was prepared like a woman heading into battle with snacks. Carrot...
Still here for the halftime show, the snacks, and the Sunday night mood Growing up, the Super Bowl felt like a huge event. Not just a football game, but a whole day. The snacks, the noise in the house, the anticipation. The halftime show felt just...
A love letter to every woman in midlife who feels everything 100 times more intensely Everyday last week and over the weekend I woke up feeling off, heavy, irritated, mad, emotional, and sensitive. Like everything is loud, fast, and demanding, and...