My heart was pounding. It was time to make a decision. Left or right, now or never. I closed my eyes, took a big breath, and jumped. I was walking away from a satisfying and lucrative career in the voice-over industry and taking a HUGE gamble on something that I could hardly even say out […]

Dear you– My good friend Jenny Shih wrote this amazing letter the other day about her own journey toward becoming a badass. I am up to my hairline in a writing project, and Jenny very generously is letting me share it with you this week. She says some very nice things about me in this post, but […]

The truth is, the little things matter.  Like the fact that you put on earrings today.  Yup, I noticed.  When you rested your hand gently on your friend’s shoulder. Yup, she felt it.  That extra $2 you added to the tip just because.  Yup, noted.  All those diapers you changed, the accounts you reconciled, the […]

Here is what I want you to know. You’re doing a good job. No, really.  You are.  I am certain of it. Yes, in spite of the piles of laundry.  Yes, even though you cry every time you think about filing your taxes.  Yes, even though so-and-so is mad at you and you forgot to […]

Did you know that in my twenties, I was pretty sure I’d own a flower shop? I’d worked in one all through college, often logging 30 hours a week and sometimes 60 if we were doing a big wedding or it was Mother’s Day or Valentine’s Day. I loved it. The aching back, the perpetually […]