It is not an understatement to say that my life – our 7-person blended family, self-employment, international moves – is occasionally quite overwhelming. But as a life coach, this is sort of exciting in the nerdiest way possible. Oooh!! A challenge!!! Let me go grab my life coaching toolbox!!!! I have pliers for exactly this […]

You may not know this, but I get a fair amount of hate mail. Which is surprising because I’m basically a sweet tender flower with no thorns and no opinions that could possibly offend ANYone. (Just kidding!!!!  Can you hear my husband snorting? He describes me as his “spiky dinosaur.”) Okay, the truth is that […]

We were newly besotted. Romance was thick in the air. And I whispered those words that all lovers want to hear… “Hey honey, want to set up a joint budget?” “Oh yeah baby” my love did NOT respond. He wasn’t quite as enamored with the whole idea of budgeting as I was. But I had […]

Bloom where you’re planted, they say. My family is planted right now in the sweetest little flowerpot of a house. It’s adorable, charming, and lovely…but it’s also three sizes too small for our brood. (We are QUITE the brood, don’t you know.) We’re busting out its seams, so we’ve been on the hunt for the […]

My heart pounded. My body went weak with desire. I knew it was true love at first sight. The object of my desire, though, was not a gorgeous human— (that came a few months later!) —reader, I had fallen in love with a bit of metal and stone. A ring. A ridiculous, extravagant, over-the-top gorgeous […]