1. Start with a phone call. When Santiago from the nursing home called at 10:30 pm, he forgot to say the magic words, “This is not an emergency.” He did say, “Your mom looks pale and is unresponsive.” Say it’s not an emergency. Say it’s not an emergency. “We called an ambulance. They’ll take her to…

My dog thinks I’m his b$tch — You’ve seen those mugs and t-shirts with the cheeky quote telling us to “be the person our dogs think we are” and it got me wondering. Am I as good as my dogs think I am? Wait. They think I’m awesome, right? I take them for walks no matter the…

And it was…awkward. — Are you familiar with Mel Robbins? I adore her sass, her down-to-earth approach, her potty mouth. Mel’s 5–4–3–2–1 method helped me to stop hitting snooze and finally get out of bed every morning just by practicing her method of a countdown to blast off . So when her latest book…

You probably need to shift from your fixed mindset. I’ve been reading a lot about Mindset and learned that there are some of us who demand perfection of ourselves despite starting a brand new task. This is called having a fixed mindset. Kind of like expecting a baby who is…

Most of us creatives do. When I taught creative writing workshops for middle schoolers, they’d always ask to pay a silly game I made up called “word war.” One at a time, we’d go in a circle and shout out the very first word that popped into our heads. …

How I get ish done as an adult. — Do you have a thing you need to do but you don’t want to do? Is it something that is on your to-do list every single day, and you can't delegate it? I’ve been experimenting the last few weeks with creating not just routines to keep me better focused and productive, but rituals to keep me entertained. Hear me out. I know how to cook…

And why this year I changed mine last minute. I thought my WOTY (Word of the Year) for 2022 was going to be Intention. Because 2021 came in like a hurricane. It bowled me over and ripped off a limb or two. I’m here on the final day of the year. Day 365. And, I really can’t recall anything I did before July. I’m finding…

Why I create Vision Boards and why you should, too! “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” ~ Ben Franklin I’m a big proponent of planning. Sometimes, I get a little carried away. I like to know what’s coming and be prepared for it. Maybe I have control issues. …

When childhood teasing revisits you as an adult. I was a part of the cool girls club, but just on the outskirts of the group, meaning — boys liked the other girls over me, which meant the other girls got invited to more things than I did. …