Yesterday I went into New York City to tape a segment for The Mel Robbins Show. If you’ve never heard of her, Mel Robbins is a teacher/coach/motivational speaker/author and she has a new talk show airing on weekdays. She’s a no bullshit kind of chick, and she’s famous for her book The Five Second Rule. […]
Lessons I've Learned
The Universe Is Trying To Tell Me Something
I live about an hour or so from New York City. I’ve been there many, many times, but I don’t know my way around and navigating the city solo is pretty intimidating to me. When I was younger and prekids I’d go into the city a few times a year. Now I might go once […]
Number 4 Is A Teenager
Number 4’s birthday is the day before mine. Hers is on September 17th and mine is the 18th. We started a birthday tradition kind of by accident on Number 4’s 7th birthday. And ever since then, we’ve had a birthday “experience” together. She skips school for the day and we do something fun. This year […]
It’s Time To Dance
I turned 50 today. I cannot believe I am 50. Seriously. How the hell am I 50? OLD PEOPLE ARE 50. Not me. I don’t feel 50. Not on the inside, and not really on the outside, either. But you know what? Even though I’m still having a hard time wrapping my head around the […]
Can’t Vs. Won’t
I never really shared too much about Marie Forleo’s book experience. There is something she said that I wanted to share with you. She talked about the difference between using the word can’t and won’t. We use the word can’t all the time. I can’t get up that early to workout. I can’t run. I […]
Quality, Not Quantity.
This past Saturday I found myself in an extremely rare situation. Number 5 and Number 7 were both at sleepover birthday parties. So there were only three kids home. Number 3 (14 years old) and Number 4 (13 years old tomorrow — can you believe it???) are pretty happy to spend time alone in their […]
