I am 47 years old. I feel it’s important that we start there because it is, in many ways, the perfect age. Scratch that. Not in many ways. It IS the perfect age. At least it is for me. I’m getting ready to enter a new chapter. Already I can hear the orchestra warming up […]
Going Back To Work When You Have Kids
(dedicated to all the women I know who are here. This is JUST for you.) Dear Friend Who Just Went Back To Work, You know who you are. Your kiddos are getting older and you’ve just started back to work! I’m so proud of you. This is a big time for all of you […]
How and When To See a Licensed Counselor
I’ve made no bones about the fact that I’ve been in and out of professional therapy for the past 5 years. It’s become a vital part of my own journey and truly has opened my eyes to a lot of things about myself and others. As my current therapist says, we’re all in some state […]
Going Off The Social Media Grid
This is a very ironic blog post. Mostly because without social media, bloggers like myself would have virtually (see what I did there) no audience. No one would know we existed, what we wrote, or that we toiled at computers trying to find the words to express the feelings in our hearts and in our […]
Kids Today! What’s The Matter With These Kids Today!
Do you remember the song from Bye, Bye Birdie?? Here’s the clip in case (by the way, love the line about how will we beat the Russians. Yikes.) I feel like everyday when I open my FB feed there are at least 10 articles written by expert Hoody Hah from the University of Know It […]
Autoimmune Disease and Me! Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
Because there is nothing more exciting then hearing about somebody else’s medical issues, I thought I’d dedicate a whole post to it! Just kidding. I’m going to make this short and brief and my only purpose in sharing is to shed some light on autoimmune disorders. Wait, nope, scratch that, I know nothing. I truly […]
How To Raise an Emotionally Healthy Teenager
Did I get you with the title? Sorry. That really wasn’t fair. Because some of you, undoubtedly, got here because you saw that title and were all excited. You know how I know that? Because if I saw that title, I would get all excited. Or, at least, I used to. This post will be […]
A Middle-Age Girls Guide to Perimenopause
Remember the video we all watched when we were in the 7th or 8th grade? You know, the one about Our Changing Bodies? The boys had their version, we had ours, everybody uncomfortably giggled, hopefully learned something, and walked out scared to death? Yeah, well, Ladies, if you’re in the 40 – 50 year old […]
The Myth of The Magical Conversation
I am a product of television and movies. I watched a large amount of both as a child and although I don’t think it made me a bad person or flawed my character, it did give me certain ideas about life and relationships that I have come to believe are somewhat unrealistic. The most damaging […]