The week that Tom Hanks was diagnosed with coronavirus, the NBA canceled their entire season, and patronage at the usually-busy restaurant where I work was becoming spotty and unpredictable was also the same week I thought for sure my body was broken. It was the second week of March and I had gotten some test results back from the Infertility Center at Kaiser. They found I had fibroids all over my uterus.
Read MoreThis last week has been an overwhelming one. Here are a few things I have been doing over my last week of unemployment that have been keeping me sane and healthy and bringing me joy.
Read MoreOn January 1, 2020, I began Yoga With Adriene’s 30-Day Yoga Challenge and managed to go 30 full days without missing a single yoga session. What?!? Who knew I was capable of this? I sure didn’t. Once it became obvious that I was capable of doing 20-ish minutes of yoga every day, I began to wonder what it would look like to commit to 20 minutes of writing every day.
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Writing retreats come in many shapes and sizes. In the midst of a whole host of options, there is one other to consider: You could create your own. In fact, I highly recommend it. Here are four steps to show you how.
Read MoreToday we're talking fear & creativity: When inspiration hits, doubts seem to follow. Why is that? And why might it be important to make space for both in our lives?
Read MoreAfter this last month of participating in National Novel Writing Month, here is what I know: Yes, I could write 50,000 words in one month. But did I really want to? That was the question I faced as Week Three came into focus.
Read MoreGratitude—in its purest, truest, most profound form—is priceless.
Priceless not only in its impact, but also in its obscurity. It’s the type of gratitude that isn’t felt in one moment, then dismissed the next. The type that doesn’t need conjuring up because it lives inside your bones -- bubbling beneath your chest like a corked up bottle of champagne.
Read MoreNaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) an annual competition where upwards of 400,000 people sign up from all over the world and make a pledge to write 50,000 words . . . in one month. Yup, that’s right. In one month. Here’s what I’m doing to prepare.
Read MoreI think it is safe to say that emotions have been running high over the last week. Division is in the air, so thick and tangible we can feel it in our bones. In life, in politics, and in justice, there are many things we ultimately can’t control. What we can control is our own personal fight for beauty. For finding it, owning it, creating it, and cherishing it. Here are the five ways I am embracing and creating beauty in my own life.
Read MoreFor the month of December, all proceeds from book sales will benefit four awesome nonprofits!
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