Listen, darling.  I want to say something to you. Don’t let anybody tell you your inner work is frivolous. The other day I was talking to a new acquaintance about my work.  She was incredulous that people actually pay real money for this ‘coaching thing.’  (To be fair, if you’ve never experienced it, it […]

  Last week we talked about why embracing a little bit of the ‘bad’ in you can be good, and here we are at my house last night showing off the Ice Queen and Warrior Queen in us. (That’s Toothiana, the Warrior Tooth Fairy, next to me.  Dude.  I’m feeling pretty darn proud of myself for […]

  Honestly, no one is more surprised than me that I have turned into a rabid Timbers fan. Especially since my friends are still mocking me for that time last year when I said, “Timbers– is that basketball?  The Blazers are football, right?” But it turns out that I LOVE going to rowdy soccer games […]

  When it comes to boundaries, really fabulous hair helps.  Or really terrible hair; either will work. Check out the shag wig I rocked last week at my friend’s birthday party; we pedaled through Portland on a truly classy expedition: the Brewcycle.  It combines beer, a pedal-powered trolley, and being public spectacles– VERY Portland! Tell […]

  This morning, someone I don’t know was standing outside my window.  He waved and asked me a question. Do you know Suzy?  I didn’t. Okay , he said, and ambled down the sidewalk. When I left the house 20 minutes later, he was still there. Is the address here XXXX?   Nope, that’s a block […]