my college boyfriend always said this: "you wanna dance, you gotta pay the band" (he was a classy guy) and i was thinking about how so many of us feel betrayed on some level by our choices we wanted kids, marriage, the house, that life, then we just feel... stuck (in the doing doing [...]
Back in the day I wanted to go see the Oprah show but it was never the right time. I just thought she would always be there but then her live studio show went off the air and that was that - I’m sorry I waited Has that ever happened to you? You waited [...]
the other day I went to a bbq at a friend's (she's got a big messy family, lots of siblings, lots of noise, lots of joy) and when i got home I noticed how quiet it was at my house too quiet so I am on a quest to change that for a number [...]
my life almost ended today and it scared the sh$% out of me it was an awakening, a reality check, a come to jesus moment I’m not done yet I’m not even remotely complete with the mission I am here to carry out: to help women create extraordinary, fulfilling, JOYFUL lives, even when life [...]
Friday inspiration from your joyful life strategist Are you leading with pleasure? (or is the programming you don’t even know you have running the show?) Whenever I’m in New York staying at my moms I always go to this one specific coffee truck and get a coffee for my bliss walk (did you know [...]
this weekend shop rite had gift wrapped heart shaped meat topped with a big bow! did you see it? good job marketing guy (a woman would NEVER think that was a great idea) my own, personal response was WTF?!! normally on Mother’s Day I write a lengthy tribute to each and every mama out [...]
do you push people away when what you really want is to pull them close? this was my favorite childhood board game (I was never any good at it - I have a shaky hand) but it was still thrilling to try to reach those little tweezers in and grab the plastic bones just [...]
I believe that life is delicious and you should use a spoon to get every drop So I always have at the ready a selection of blank wooden spoons to capture a word that brings me to that joyful, grateful place In fact, I’ve been known to carry a few plus a [...]
I was talking with a client the other day and we were creating a strategy for her to buy her first home huh?! joy looks a lot of different ways and encompasses a lot of different things so we were talking about her big vision to buy her family home and the conversations she [...]
in my mom revolution group a collective feeling has been bubbling up with some of the women unease, loss of self, overwhelm mourning that elusive envisioned life whether you are trapped in a marriage that doesn’t fulfill you a life that doesn’t fill fill you or immersed in the seeming monotony of never ending [...]