How to Talk to Your Girls About Body Image

We stepped aside to a quiet spot in the school hallway where she revealed to me, near tears, that she was walking funny.

“Because my stomach is fat,” she admitted, triggering negative self-talk cry mode. She demonstrated that she was walking with her shoulders and waist slightly bent forward all day to hide her “fat” stomach.

As a woman, I totally get this experience. But as a 9-year-old, how could she feel this horrible about herself already? Of all things to worry about at this age, being fat isn’t one of them. Except that it is.

The Non-Secret to a Happy Marriage

(Originally written June, 2015) Me and my other half have a long-standing tension when it comes to my career. It’s complicated. I’ll forego the details. Point is, yet another quick fuse was lit last night. Its years of fuel burned bright and hot in an instant. He took his disdain down the hall and into […]

Stop Calling it Date Night

(Originally written July, 2017) Date night. What a joke of a concept. Can we all just call it what it really is? A high pressure, high expectation, ridiculously forceful attempt at fast-forwarding a reconnection with your vastly ignored spouse. I officially hate date night. An evening at home sharing a bottle of wine watching a […]

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Science with Mad Mom

(Originally written April, 2016) In the spirit of subtle non-conformity, this evening I eagerly attended the Mad Science with Mom event at school with my daughter – a Mother-Son event. We arrived to an auditorium full of rambunctious elementary-aged boys puddled together hyperactively cross-legged on the floor making a mess of pizza and absently spilling […]

Shifting Perspective in a Mid-Life Career Crisis

(Originally written Jan, 2015) I have a two-decade career as a multi-media producer in television and communications that has flatlined, proving to be the stupidest thing I’ve ever done. I’ve traveled the world with my work, met amazing people, had exciting experiences, worked on some super cool stuff. And yet here I stand. A total […]

The Journey From Street Rebel to Girl Scout Mom at Surf Camp

(Originally written May, 2015) It’s one-in-the-morning on our first night of surf camp. There’s a cold ocean breeze kicking up the surf ending a day of rainy gray skies and starting a new day of hopefully more cooperative weather. We’ve been here a mere 7 hours and one girl has already projectile vomited all over […]

What We Learn From Our Kids: Soccer Edition

(Originally written Nov, 2015) Today my daughter had a soccer game and made the winning goal while I wasn’t watching. In fact, none of us parents were watching. We were entrenched in conversation about our homework frustrations when another parent interrupted to say, “Ava just made a goal” in a matter of fact tone. A […]

How to Get Busy Changing Your Freelance Game

(Originally written in June, 2013) I’ve been on that stomach-turning freelance roller coaster in the production industry for nearly two decades. If you are a freelancer, you are all too familiar with the ride. Those highs of steady work fattening your bank account while being surrounded by like-minded war buddies, fully addicted to the rush […]