Sometimes I am really pretty BAD at life. Sometimes I’m quite good at parts, but other times? Total shitshow. It’s important to talk about this, because mostly we only see things that look PERFECT. Perfectly toned, perfectly styled, perfectly lit, perfectly photographed, perfectly blissful, perfectly crafted, perfectly effortless! And that’s just not how life feels for most of us, most […]

I had an odd entry into summer this year. All around me I saw photos of glamorous beach trips, gorgeous parties, homey barbeques and picnics, frolics and fun and frivolity. Usually I enter into this season in a kind of fevered glee, trying to squeeze every bit of goodness out of the short and intense […]

Today I want to tell you a story about when I was a kid. If you’re new here you might not know that I spent most of my childhood growing up in Japan, because my beloved parents were Christian missionaries for several decades. They are still the most devout and loving people of faith you […]

I was on the phone with a beloved client this week and she was doing that thing that ALL MY CLIENTS do. “I’m just so exhausted.” Goodness knows I believed her. I could hear it in the dull hollowness in her voice, and besides she had just told me about the heavy emotional lifting she’d been […]

The dinner party brimmed with champagne and chatter. But I was plastered to yet another tale of heartbreak. My colleague poured out her stories of betrayal and trauma—and I sucked them down loyally. After a bit, she found that she felt much better–miraculously better, in fact. She skipped off for drinks; drinks with umbrellas! But […]