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Let’s talk about something we’ve all experienced but rarely admit: the emotional rollercoaster of shopping with family. Whether it’s your...

Judging your parents? Healing trauma? Finding your flow? Let’s get real about life, spirituality, and standing up for what matters.

That was the song playing when I crawled into my packed car with Sheba after the movers loaded the last of my house into the truck....

I’m not sure where the words came from.  It’s not anything I’d heard in a class before, but the moment the words left my mouth I knew it...

Because she recently enrolled in online schooling, her education is no longer tied to her physical location.  So she arrived with a...

Christmas was the last lone distraction standing between me and preparing to run off to Hawaii. I’m not going to say that I wasn’t...

I’m sure on some deeper level, it’s no coincidence that I led a meditation class at noon focused on gratitude.  Gratitude for all the...

This morning as I getting my whits about me to start my day, I was struck by the thought of how many people work at jobs they hate simply...

I might as well get this out of the way… I never had a dad.  Sure, I had a father…but not a dad.  The difference is a father does just...

Yesterday was my sister’s wedding…and it was lovely.  She was a beautiful bride and her husband was a handsome beau.  They made a perfect...

Regardless of how seamlessly the wedding goes, it’s not today that matters.  It’s every day that follows. Today is just a day we witness...

We got to pick up Sheba and Puzzle yesterday.  My parents graciously watched them while Mr. Universe and I ventured off to Colorado for a...

We’ve all heard the old adage “You eat an elephant one bite at a time”. It’s usually used in reference to a problem that seems too big to...

As children we probably heard that recited or repeated it hundreds of times, but as adults how often do we look in the mirror and ask...

We did it!  We successfully hosted Mr. Universe’s mom and daughter for seven days.  It was my first time meeting them…and that meeting...

I used to multi-task with the best of them…juggling phone calls, IM conversations, emails and face-to-face interruptions while barely...

Today I’m road tripping with Princess Grace and Mama J to Boulder.  Kilo was supposed to be in the car with us…I mean, we are driving...

4:46 am…I’m a minute late walking out of my room…the parents are in the car waiting.  Always prompt…always. 5:10 am…We start the patient...

I’m going to be honest, though.  I don’t want to go.  Being there is going to make this all very real…which I know is an incredibly...

I still see my grandpa through the eyes of a child.  He passed unexpectedly when I was 19 but my most vivid memories are probably from...