How I became dessert curious (and I’m not mad about it) — Cutting alcohol out of my life was surprisingly easy. It started with a 30-day Dry June challenge, followed by a public declaration of identifying as sober curious. In this article on VeryWellMind, Sara Sheppard says being sober curious is the option to choose, question, or change your drinking habits for…

Going up was easier than coming down. — My heart is in my throat. Reality is sinking in — and I haven’t been this scared in a very long time. …

Letting go is peaceful AF. — “I don’t feel right, I need to lay down.” Even as I uttered these words, I knew what was wrong. I was slipping into energy-draining tendencies. My old demons were creeping back in. I had been awake since the wee hours of dawn. My mind stuck in a perpetual hamster…

Your crisis is nobody else’s crisis. — Five months ago, I was losing my shit at a pumpkin patch. I had two school-aged kids, one naughty AF puppy, and a wheelbarrow full of semi-grotesque and heavy pumpkins. …

#3 I’m bringing sexy back to carbs and my digestive system is thanking me. — Somedays, I don’t know what the fuck I got myself into…but once I put something out into the Universe, I’ll be damned if I don’t follow through. What started as a New Year’s resolution has quickly become an obsession. I started training for a sprint distance triathlon the first week…

Why being a part-time vegan may not be the best way to pursue a plant-based diet. — My plant-based journey had an unremarkable start. I’m not sure when or how I started dabbling in fake meat, but I found myself impulse buying faux sausage (I feel like there’s a life metaphor in there somewhere) at the grocery store each trip. At the time, I was weaning from…

Nudity and vulnerability after 40 is a mind game. — Getting naked as a 40-year-old divorcee is a mind-fuck. After spending almost two decades with the same person, getting vulnerable with someone new is an even bigger learning curve. Let me preface this article by admitting: Nudity at any age can be intimidating. Many people will think I’m crazy for…

The story of “This & That.” — Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night, possessed by ideas, thoughts, concepts, words for stories, and poetry — and I can’t go back to sleep until whatever’s inside of me comes out. Five months ago, an idea came to me for a business concept, design, and logo…