When you least expect it, inspiration can emerge from the most unlikely of places. On a recent idle Sunday evening, inspired by a documentary about running and weight loss on Netflix; I decided to lace up my running sneaks and hit the pavement. Armed with renewed motivation, I shifted my mindset and have been ‘running […]
Change is hard, and it only gets harder with age. The longer we go without shaking things up, doing new things, and breathing new life into our existence–it makes it that much harder when you overhaul your life like I did leaving Los Angeles for a small town. In a rare and informal chat, I […]
We sure do spend a lot of time apologizing for things we haven’t done, or needn’t to be sorry. Why is it that we do that? And why is it that women are more apt then men to excessively apologize? In this episode we take a look into why people feel the need to apologize […]
It seems that no matter where one looks, one is bombarded with cliché after cliché about living life outside of one’s comfort zone. And while that’s all fine and well, why should one live outside his/her comfort zone? How does one even do that? How does one move past the scary fear part of trying […]
To get more…Well, you know how the saying goes. With the US Women’s National Team (USWNT) winning the World Cup yet again, it has sparked heated debates internationally while dividing friends, families, and even this great nation as we know it. Do women in professional sports deserve equal pay? Are women, more specifically the USWNT […]
As a heads up: If you haven’t checked out PART I: Feelings, Truth, and More Truths about Life that was published on May 23rd, 2019, before you continue reading this, be sure to check out that post for context. But before I continue with Part II, I wanted to point out that you may [or may not] […]
The path to starting a new life is never linear. If anything that in-between almost to-the-ending part before you leave is perhaps the most awkward phase of all. In this episode, I address those weird and uncomfortable feelings associated with saying good-bye to a life I have built, my friends, leaving my job, and teaching […]
I am moving in four weeks. Since alerting friends of my move from Los Angeles to the Central Coast (specifically Santa Ynez), I have been inundated with inquiries about having a going away party and/or trying to see me. And I am pleasant and as accommodating as I can be. But I cannot help but […]
Fear can be the single most strongest emotion in holding us back from trying something, pursing new adventures, living outside our comfort zone, and so much more. Add in Attachment and Ego to the mix, and you have a recipe for stagnation. In this candid and raw episode, I touch upon some recent huge life […]
The last 15 years of my life have been the absolute best, most challenging, formative years of my life. Immediately after my undergraduate studies, I ran off to Los Angeles after my college boyfriend broke my heart. I left behind family and virtually no friends, as I did not cultivate relationships with people from high […]