As a mom, I’m kind of always worrying a little bit in the back of mind about my ability to (do a lot of things but in this case), unearth my daughter’s natural talents and gifts. Like, what if she’s a Marie Curie or a Pablo Picasso or an Abigail Breslin. How do you figure [...]
Sara Bareilles performed with Carol King at the Grammys and I cried. I do love that song of hers, Brave. Lola and I dance to it. And I love me some Carole King. You’ve got to get up every morning with a smile on your face / And show the world all the love in [...]
We are advice junkies. We subscribe to every newsletter. Sign up for every digital program. Log in for every free tutorial. We’ll barter our email addresses for just about anything that promises to help us do it better, faster, longer and for more money. But, wait. In some cases, we’re trading what’s good enough for [...]
And other things you wish you could say Plus, why pity is different than compassion Everyone is operating at their highest capacity at every moment. I like to think this. When someone gives me a dirty look on the narrow escalator at DSW because they couldn’t get around me. When someone is walking directly toward [...]
She toils over her plans and strategies. She’s in her bunker, like Winston Churchill during the bombings of London. But she’s less heroic. She’s not leading a nation. She’s not like, “Stay calm and carry on.” In fact, she’s content to scratch her plans out and pretend she working while encouraging us to panic. She’s [...]
When I received my advance copy of Gretchen Rubin’s new happiness project Happier at Home I was psyched. Rubin’s first book was a beautifully organized manifesto on creating happiness in every area of life. Methodically, she tested theories, research and hypotheses to cultivate her own happiness commandments, credos and resolutions. Utterly approachable, she created happiness [...]
