When I started this site three years ago, I was still reeling from about a decade of what I would commonly refer to as Living in Hell. I just wrote a bit about this on xoJane as an article about why it’s been a bit traumatic for me to lose the last 20 lbs, but [ Read More ]
My birthday was on June 9th and I spent the majority of it on an airplane coming back from Los Angeles where I was a guest of an incredible press trip (more on that later.) I wrote this to myself on the plane. Maybe you’ll be inspired to write a letter of your own: Dear [ Read More ]
So, this coming Saturday, June 9th, is my birthday. I’m about to turn an age that at some point seemed unfathomable in my brain and yet, now that I’m staring it in the face, it feels so incredibly young. There are certain surprises around every corner as you age. Some of them are sort of [ Read More ]
It’s the end of a holiday weekend and that means that most of us woke up this morning with a reeling to-do list in our heads. From all the emails we know will be coming the second we get to work to the multitude of issues that we expect will befall us the minute we [ Read More ]
Before I take off for Memorial Day, I wanted to drop a quick thought. When I asked most people about what they were doing this weekend, a whole slew of plans came forth: cookouts, brunches, getting together with friends, travel plans, etc. When people asked me what I was doing this weekend, for the first [ Read More ]
You’ve no doubt heard ad naseum how I’ve been working to get down to a healthy body weight. What I haven’t talked a lot about is my intense fear of being in a swimsuit in public. Let’s go there, shall we? There was a time years ago when I thought absolutely nothing of stripping down [ Read More ]
So, I have a birthday coming up in a few weeks. Birthdays are always a time for reflection and as the decades go on, you think about the things you’ve learned. While I make it a practice not to look back too much, it is kind of fun to think about advice I would have [ Read More ]
“Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn’t have the time to sit around and talk about you. What’s important to me is not others’ opinions of me, but [ Read More ]
So, this weekend is Mother’s Day. In the spirit of all things Mom love, many of you will get a chance to send cards, flowers, take your mothers out to dinner, etc. For those of you who aren’t particularly close to your mothers, take this weekend to celebrate other women who have made an impact [ Read More ]
So, a month from now, I will celebrate a rather landmark birthday. Well, let’s be honest: LAST year was the big landmark birthday – the end of a decade and the entryway into a new decade, one that makes people gasp for air when I tell them how old I am. One of the greatest [ Read More ]
