"Something I often forget to say, and it’s so important, is the significance of self care and how that has to be incorporated in all of our efforts. And…
Women have long since poured their suffering and struggle into creativity. For a large part of our history, we were denied a right be open about our daily…
What is Creating Courage? #CreatingCourage is a way for us to claim our own space and share our self-expression through creativity. It’s a way to explore how…
I am passionate about creativity. I believe that creativity is alchemy. When we create, we pour all of our thoughts, feelings and unprocessed emotions into the inception of…
Someone, somewhere, is leaving this World at the very time I am writing these words. Someone is crying. Someone is celebrating. Someone is on a stage receiving rapturous applause.…
I was thinking this morning about people who pack arenas with motivational speeches and inspirational summits. They have names like Tony Robbins, Gary Vaynerchuk and Gabby Bernstein. People…
The Boss Babe Label and other Things I Want to Burn
Thank you for letting me land in your inbox today. I come with love. The kind of love that looks like change. The kind of love that tastes like revolution.…
It's been a while. And recently I've been wondering if it would be longer still before I posted. It's been a beautiful and difficult summer. Beautiful because…
I was six years old when I learned that I could escape into stories and immerse myself in a make-believe world which existed within bound pages of print. …
The skin I used to live in was stretched so tightly over me. Stifling. Suffocating. Silencing. But they liked me in that skin They supported me in that skin I…
I recently shared the photo above on my social media feeds. They are before and after pics with a slightly different slant. Before: Weight low. Self-esteem lower. Obsessed…
Lessons Learned from an Ancient Spirit in a Modern World
My mind cannot recall the memories. But my skin does. My body holds each experience like collected treasures from so many lifetimes ago. The lines and crevices…
There is something about lighthouses that soothes me. They offer guidance and safety. They signal hope and home. And so often recently, I keep thinking that's all we…
4am is my newly found acquaintance. One that I was never interested in making. She's as punctual as they come. Every morning, right on time. And even though…
"You know how everyone's always saying seize the moment? I don't know, I'm kinda thinking it's the other way around. You know, like the moment seizes us." That's…
I do not pretend to understand a world in which guns and rapists are acceptable but love between same sex couples is deemed "wrong". "Wrong" is the fact…
We get so caught up on following the "right people". This is often based on the number of followers that person/company/cause already has. "Oh, they must be…
I remember being in India five years ago. I was traveling from place to place and volunteering as I went but I was also exploring my own spiritual journey.…
A while back I read a post written by a woman who was sharing her happiness at her one year anniversary with her husband. Amongst the congratulatory comments,…
Last month was a tough cash flow challenge. Skating on such thin financial ice is not something I enjoy. It's not something I enjoy sharing, either. And yet here…
Our Symphony Has Stopped. A Letter to My Lost Love
Birth to 38. I was on the outside. Looking in. My face pressed up against the glass. My fingers leaving telltale smudges that spoke of longing. Of wanting…
Long before my beating heart emerged into this lifetime, the earth felt the footfall of countless other warrior women who came before me. Too few of their stories made…
10 Things I Want to Know About You (And 10 Things I Don’t)
Turning forty is something that is remarked upon often in our society. It's an age that is associated as a pivotal point. A definitive year. Yet most of the…
Depression is the creeping ivy of the mind. It scales walls and winds around windows. Its grip is clinging and clutching and its dark leaves cast shadows on even the…
In honor of fierce females everywhere. These are for you: 1) Know your worth. Know every drop of the wonder that you are. Don't discard the parts that are…
Vintage wine is savored. Vintage cars exclaimed over. Vintage clothes coveted. Yet the vintage woman remains uncelebrated. From the moment we are born society sets expectations of us.…
Me I fly too close to the sun Drawn to its warmth Blinded by the light Desperately seeking The illumination Of a new dawn A stunning brightness A better day…
She had kept the best china In the cupboard Safely stored For the perfect moment That never came Dust covered dreams Long forgotten by life The bitter pill Of…
In 1921 Winston Churchill was appointed Colonial Secretary, Ivy Williams became the first woman to become a member of the English Bar and King George V opened Southwark Bridge in…
