For the past year, I’ve had problems with my lower back and hips being really tight and painful. I knew that the best way to fix things was to stretch my muscles and strengthen my core, but I had thrown my back out twice before and was worried that it might be too much for […]
How to Create the Life (and Business) You Really Want
A few years ago, I sold my website and started a new venture in mobile apps. Apps were a big failure (lesson?) for me, and after floundering around for a bit, I moved on. Before selling my site, my yearly income was high five-figures, so I knew I wanted to earn at least that (and more), […]
This is a Test
This weekend, I did a little experiment. I deleted the Instagram app from my phone (I deleted FB long ago). Over the past few weeks, I found myself mindlessly opening IG while doing the following: – Taking James out in the yard, any time of day or night – Standing in the kitchen – Sitting […]
Fun and Freeing Fridays
One Thursday morning in 2011, I saw my friend Charlie Gilkey tweet, “What can you do today to make your weekend more spacious?”. As a mom of three kids, my weekends were anything but spacious. They were the opposite of spacious. They were filled with laundry, grocery shopping, cleaning, cooking, and yard work. Sometimes, school […]
How to Single Task (And Why You Should)
Last night as I was headed up to bed, I thought to myself, “Did I get the coffee ready for tomorrow?”. The answer was yes. Yes I had gotten the coffee ready for tomorrow. The reason I couldn’t remember if I had or not was because I was on the phone with my mother while […]
My Green Smoothie Recipe
I recently shared a photo of my favorite smoothie on Instagram. Several people asked me the usual question: “What’s in it?” This is my OG green smoothie recipe. It’s my personal favorite and the one I make about 98% of the time. I’ve made this smoothie so many times that I really don’t have specific […]