Maybe I never did When my two youngest kids were 3 and 5, my then-husband and I moved into a beautiful neighborhood with big oak trees and oversized yards. I’d wanted to live in this neighborhood for years. It was highly sought after and ‘the place to be’ in my…

The neverending doubt that plagues moms I’m currently sitting in my living room listening to my 14-year-old son cry himself to sleep. It’s only 9 am on a Saturday and both of us have already had quite a morning. My Saturday started off in the usual way — hitting snooze…

Is it real or did my mind just make it up? It Started as Curiosity For as long as I can remember I’ve had a deep curiosity about who we are at the soul level. It was this curiosity that brought me to the concept of past life regression and the many books written…

Reading one snippet of a person’s life does not give you the authority to tell someone how to feel. I’ve taken a break recently from Medium for various reasons. I’ve also stopped reading comments on my pieces for the most part, too. Though most comments are usually kind and well…

Forgiving myself was the hardest part I told myself (and everyone else) I wasn’t going to write about my narcissistic abuse journey anymore, but as soon as I made that assertion, I immediately realized I had more to say. …

Because it's her body, that’s why Dear Ex-Husband, During the 12 years we’ve had the privilege of raising our beautiful daughter, (and the 14 years of raising our son), we’ve managed to see eye to eye on most things in terms of parenting — even after being divorced for the…

What legacy will you leave behind? I was sitting with my daughter in a bright, colorful room decorated in an underwater sea motif at the local urgent care, waiting for her X-rays when I read the news. …

A candid discussion about the words we use Motherf***er. B*tch. Son of a b*tch. P**sy. Whore. Slut. C*nt. Bossy. Spinster. I never considered the overwhelming sexism of everyday insults until my daughter asked me the other day, what it means if someone tells another person to ‘grow a pair.’ As…

What creates it and what can we do to reduce ours? As the topics of climate change and taking “climate action” become more and more common in our daily conversations, we hear the term “carbon footprint” all the time. But what does it even mean? Cognitively, I know it has…