There is something so profound about the ability to deeply understand the impactfulness of the “mhm” as a parent or lover/partner. In roles where we often want to fix, solve, change, nurture, and take all of the problems away it’s easy to get out of the practice of using the “mhm” and instead replace it […]

Yesterday, I was doing some keyword research for one of my clients (Yes, I’m an OBM by day and a writer by night 😉) and I noticed that when I typed into the Pinterest search bar the words “how to” the first suggested search term was “how to look pretty.”  Now for those of you […]

There is nothing quite like the smell of coffee in the morning. That first sip goes down smooth, filling all those sleepy cells in your body with something I’m convinced comes straight from the fifth dimension. One minute you exist in that place between sleep and awake and the next you’re bright-eyed, coherent, and ready […]

Dear Momma,  13 years ago I sent my first son off to school for his first day of Kindergarten. All of these years later I can still picture him walking in the front door, head down, Spiderman backpack swallowing him whole, with a stoic look on his face. On the outside, I was smiling, waving, […]

The other night my husband and I went out to dinner and decided to take a meal to my son who was pulling a 12-hour shift at work. As we were pulling in, I noticed his car parked in the lot and a moment that often hits me enveloped me once again. I turned to […]

Last November I walked into a gym for a personal trainer consultation. Heavy Metal music was blaring from the speakers, tattoos peppered everyone’s skin, slim and toned bodies filled the space as far as the eyes could see and the F-boy energy was palpable. My immediate discomfort was felt from the top of my curled […]

I remember the moment we decided to stop sports. It was the end of July, so hot that there was steam practically coming off of our deck floor. The pool felt like bath water at that point but we were all in it trying to cool down, all the same.  The string lights were twinkling, […]

If you have spent more than 2 minutes on TikTok in the last 2 months then you have likely seen someone (or several someones) talking about this Korean collagen mask. Video after video ends with a woman peeling off the mask and gasping at how moisturized and glassy her skin looks. But is it too […]

Summer travel season is in full swing and if you’re jetting (or driving) off with your family this summer you know how stressful packing and preparing can be.  Between suitcase weight limits, trunk limitations and a host of other roadblocks to being able to pack everything you need – it can all be really exhausting. […]