Relaxation

“The answer to the pain of grief is not how to get yourself out of it, but how to support yourself inside it.” ~Unknown  Since losing my husband Matt over eight months ago to cancer at the age of just thirty-nine, I have noticed so many changes happening within me, and one of those changes

“Only recently have I realized that being different is not something you want to hide or squelch or suppress.” ~Amy Gerstler I grew up during the traditional times of the sixties and seventies. Dad went out to work and earned the family income, while Mom worked at home raising their children. We were a family

“The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.” ~Rumi The quarantine has felt oddly familiar. That’s because I spent thirteen years largely homebound with a mysterious, viral-like illness. It even started with a cold on a flight back from Asia in 2005. My nose was an open faucet, and my head felt

“You are allowed to take up space. Own who you are and what you want for yourself. Stop downplaying the things you care about, the hopes you have.” ~Bianca Sparacino I deserve to take up more space. Plain and simple. By taking the space I deserve, I further build the confidence I need to live

“All appears to change when we change.” ~Henri-Frédéric Amiel The biggest life-changing moment in my life would have looked unremarkable to an outsider looking in. I was at a point in my life (my late twenties) where everything seemed to look good on paper. I had a great job, I was living in downtown Seattle,

“Today I want you to think about all that you are instead of all that you are not.” ~Unknown If you are a sensitive person like me, you may think being sensitive is problematic. Especially when it comes to love and relationships. Maybe you’ve been called “too sensitive” by your partner or a parent. Maybe

Hi friends! Since we’re quickly approaching the spring—a time of new beginnings and rebirth—I decided to offer two life-changing products at 20% off, for a limited time only. I’m also offering all of my inspirational shirts at the same discount, because the uplifting messages can help you and the people around you feel and be your

“You know how every once in a while you do something and the little voice inside says, ‘There. That’s it. That’s why you’re here’ …and you get a warm glow in your heart because you know it’s true? Do more of that.” ~Jacob Nordby Mornings running the busy roads with the echo of what this

“Sometimes the thing you’re most afraid of doing, is the very thing that will set you free.” ~Robert Tew I recovered from binge eating and bulimia by giving myself permission to binge. Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? My decades-long weight and food war started in my teens, immediately after reading my first diet book, about Atkins,

“You are never stronger…than when you land on the other side of despair.” ~Zadie Smith In the last years of my twenties, my life completely fell apart. I’d moved to Hollywood to become an actor, but after a few years in Tinsel Town things weren’t panning out the way I hoped. My crippling anxiety kept