4 Steps for Dealing With Difficult Family Dynamics

4 Steps for Dealing With Difficult Family Dynamics

Fam dram.   That’s my affectionate shorthand for family drama.   Do you have it? Is it keeping you up at night? Busying your mind and making you feel like crap? In so many respects, we are an all-or-nothing culture. We’re either bingeing or starving...
Let’s talk about boundaries.

Let’s talk about boundaries.

Let’s talk about boundaries.   Do you have them?   I used to not have them. Like, at all. I wanted to be everything to everyone. The first notable time I set a boundary in my adult life was with my ex-fiancé. Realizing that I had put all my dreams on hold to...
Let’s talk about boundaries.

Sisters are Doin’ It for Themselves

Women inspire me. Every damn day. Putting other people first feels like a calling for many, but without a serious dose of self-care intentionally inserted along the way, it can be exhausting.  We give and give until there’s nothing left. Then we don’t feel so well. At...
Virginia Woolf Got Me Thinking

Virginia Woolf Got Me Thinking

“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” – Virginia Woolf I read these words many years ago and they struck a chord deep within me that resonates to this day. Her words apply in a much broader sense to all women who...