Word of the Week: Self-Expression Life Lesson: I’ve been dealing with some censoring these last few weeks and it’s not only destroyed my creative process, but negatively impacted my mental health. Writing is an act of self-expression. Writing is healing. Writing is art. Art is not meant to be tied with a pretty bow. Art […]

Word of the Week: Gratitude Life Lesson: Gratitude and pain can co-exist. In fact, research shows the most resilient people are able to hold both emotions at once, recognizing the human experience is vast and validating the entirety of our emotional experience is important. This Thanksgiving, there’s a lot to be grateful for. But there’s […]

Word of the Week: Imposter Syndrome Life Lesson: A few Saturdays ago, I attended the virtual Boston Writing Workshop, where I learned a lot of new things and had a major vulnerability hangover. So this is me, with a fancy, overpriced chai latte, deciding to celebrate not a particular accomplishment but myself for showing up […]

Word of the Week: Celebration Life Lesson: WE MADE HERSTORY. I’m *exhaling* for the first time in a while. Our country has chosen the first female VP, the first WOC VP. I have a lot of feels that I can’t put into words just yet but on the top of the list is how excited […]

Word of the Week: Lovingkindness Life Lesson: I spent a lot of my time in graduate school researching why women are so hard on themselves. I was personally interested in this topic because I’ve had a harsh inner critic for most of my life and was always told it was because I set too high […]

Word of the Week: Happy Life Lesson: “How are you feeling about everything? Any fears coming up?” my therapist asked a week before Andrew (my hubs) and I moved out of NYC. I checked in with my body and was alarmed at what I felt: nothing. It was the weirdest feeling, the nothing-ness. Was something […]

Word of the Week: Adaptable Life Lesson: If there’s one thing this pandemic has taught me, it’s to stop making plans. There’s a part of me that was really stressed by this at first, but if I’m being honest with myself, there’s another part of me that was relieved. There’s a strange sense of relief, […]

Word of the Week: Change Life Lesson: I’ve recently changed my relationship with quitting. What does it even mean to quit something, really? Let me explain. The hard-working, overachiever I’ve always been taught to be—praised to be—prided herself on never being a quitter. If I couldn’t figure something out or something didn’t come naturally, it […]

Word of the Week: Discernment Life Lesson: At the end of last year, I signed up for a year-long mentorship program that really excited me. I was convinced that it would be the thing to take my business to the next level. A few weeks into the program, I started to doubt it. If I’m […]

Word of the Week: Disillusionment Life Lesson: This past month has been especially dark for me. Some might call it depression. I call it waking up to oppression. Waking up to the ways I’ve internalized oppression and to other people’s ignorance of oppression. Only after many difficult conversations about race did I realize how much […]