It took me a long time to build up the courage to file for divorce. A long time. I knew for years what the right thing to do was. In my gut I knew I was fighting the inevitable. But I just didn’t have the inner strength — the inner belief — to pull the […]
Self Care
Accidental Asshole
Four years ago, when Number 7 was five years old, she played her first (and last) season of soccer. She didn’t love that she didn’t play actual games, and she also was about nine thousand times more serious about winning than all the other girls playing. Number 7 takes her sports pretty seriously. So we […]
So Much Fun, Susie!
Last week I started a weekly summer bingo series for the NYAM community. It’s something I do with my E-School members, and I decided to offer it to anyone and everyone for the whole summer. For free! 195 women grabbed the first week’s bingo card, and 85 women joined the closed Facebook group where we’ve been having fun […]
The Empowerment Experience FREE Challenge
For many of us, the past 15 months have been some of the most challenging months of our lives. And we moms have been pushed to the limit. There is plenty of data on the toll this past year has taken on women.* Now that things are opening back up and life is starting to […]
Focusing On The Process
I am about 25 pounds heavier than I’d like to be. Not 25 pounds heavier than I need to be to feel good about myself. 25 pounds heavier than I want to be in order to physically feel really good and function at my best. I don’t have as much muscle as I’d like. Not […]
Pulling Yourself Out Of Overwhelm
Last week I thought myself into a black hole of despair. It wasn’t depression. It was me being faced with a bunch of challenges at once – one of those when it rains it pours kinds of situations – and convincing myself that there was no way out. There is always a way out. It’s […]