At this point I’m pretty sure that my body is composed of 50% espresso, 40% la croix, and 10% whatever my kids didn’t finish eating. But I know that taking care of my physical body needs to rise back up to the top of my list this year if I’m going to keep up the […]

When do I feel afraid to speak my truth? Is the feeling of fear valid? What persecution do I fear will happen? Sometimes we stop ourselves before we even begin. Why? Maybe we play out the worst case scenario in our heads. This week I’m going to remind myself of the words of Seneca: “We

I went to check out the lactation room at the power plant that I work at today. I had used it a few years back after having my second baby, and I wanted to see if the room was still functional. It’s a nice room, and just the fact that it exists is a huuuuuge

Where am I making things hard for myself? I am a competitive person, and a perfectionist. These characteristics can make things harder than they need to be. I hold myself back in so many ways because I think my stuff isn’t good enough, or I over complicate things in my head. Sometimes things are hard,

How do you handle criticism at work? I love getting feedback, and I try to use it as data points to guide me towards things that I can improve. I am generally able to process things in the moment. Today though, I had to remind myself that I can choose my reaction and I don’t

When I was a kid, summers were all about reading.  I loooooooved to get the suggested reading list from school and plot which titles I would borrow first from the library. My very patient parents would take me to the library all of the time, and let me take home a giant stack of books.

Remember when summer used to actually be fun?? Days lounging by the pool with a good book. Nights at the local carnival. Weekends of endless possibility. Now, as working adults, a lot of that magic of summer has disappeared.  Days are now filled with sweaty commutes, and nights and weekends look pretty much like any

This week, I started a dissertation extension course for the PhD program that I’m in. This means 7 weeks to focus solely on writing the proposal for my dissertation. Sounds amazing right?  I don’t have to do coursework plus my dissertation! Yay! Well my brain totally freaked out.  On Monday I felt completely overwhelmed and

Oftentimes we think that if we fix a certain part of our lives, then we’ll be happy.  We wait until we get the promotion Or find the perfect job Or find the perfect partner Or lose the last 10 lbs.  Or finish up with school But of course the reality is that even when we

I’m going to make a confession here. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed.  I feel exhausted.  I feel like I put waaaaaay too much on my plate.  All of these feelings leave me questioning the decisions that I have made.  Literally, every decision that I have made over the last few years.  Why did I decide to