That thing you thought was going to rip your heart out? It didn’t. That thing you did that you were convinced was going to end your career? It didn’t. That thing that gave you so much anxiety your heart felt like it was beating a million times a minute and might pop through your chest?Continue reading “This, too, shall pass.”
Category Archives: Live Your Best Life
Deeper Than a Puddle
Some people want the ocean. Some people are perfectly happy playing in the puddle.
Push the Flywheel
Just do it.
Protect Your Pollinators
The sweetest things in life only bloom where they feel safe enough to stay.
Once is enough.
…We should not have to manage someone’s memory or negotiate their motivation and being heard should not equal being a nag…
The 45 Year Old 2nd Birthday Dollar
Feeling love right when you need it from the most unexpected places.
A Forever Reference of Unconditional Love
Growing up seeing what unconditional love looks like in a marriage is a blessing…seeing it to the very end is a privilege.
What 2025 Taught Me About Love, Effort, and Being Someone’s Medicine
A take on the anxiety behind emotional labor, doing it wrong, the cost of being someone else’s medicine, and maybe a way to get it right.
Peripheral Vision
It’s a slippery slope imagining what you “deserve” – but there’s a point in life where you do realize what you need and that should be completely congruent with what you actually do expect to get out of the ones you call “friend.“ A few of those things may include loyalty, consideration, kindness…if you’re luckyContinue reading “Peripheral Vision”
The Shot That Broke America’s Heart
Old Bill…New Account
If you’ve lived long enough as an adult, you’ve experienced some relationships that just seem to accumulate debt. The kind where the other person took more than they deserved or maybe didn’t give enough to keep their relational credit up. But what about the new relationships? The ones where you don’t have any debts orContinue reading “Old Bill…New Account”
Greenwashing
Greenwashing is when when companies make misleading statements about their actions to appear more environmentally friendly than they actually are. Usually they do this so they can get something passed with the government (or maybe it is the actual government) so they’re supported by the public and affiliates. In our private lives, it’s called virtue-signaling.Continue reading “Greenwashing”
Deeper Than a Puddle 