The Journal

A Love Affair… The most successful people out there, the ones who appear to have it all together, are in on an amazing secret. They know of something that basically guarantees their potential for greatness and they make it a daily habit. Guess what, so do I! One might consider it a secret love affair. […]

Being grateful all the time isn’t easy. But it’s when you least feel thankful that you are most in need of what gratitude can give you: perspective. Gratitude can transform any situation. It alters your vibration, moving you from negative energy to positive. It’s the quickest, easiest most powerful way to effect change in your […]

Do you have any idea what’s hard AF? Writing a Mother Effing best selling book, that’s what! Guess what? I freaking did it (ok it was two years ago but that’s besides the point)! 🎉 There are moments when I lean back and marvel at the fact that I’ve published not one, but five incredible […]

We learned in the first post in this series that, in order to achieve a successful work-life balance, you need to create something unique to you and your needs rather than aspiring to an “ideal balance” that works for someone else. In part one, we will focus on easy steps to identify what your personal […]

Today, like every other day, I will shut my computer down at 3pm and go pick my kids up from school. I recognize this is a luxury that not everyone has but it is part of the work-life balance I have created for myself. The deal is, I am in charge of what I want […]

I recently had a conversation with my 7-year-old daughter, Tessa. I was running around getting the kids ready for school and said “We NEED to leave the house by 8:30!” to which she replied, “We don’t ever need to do anything. You want to do it because you don’t want us to be late.” Such […]

Are you stuck in a hustle mode, chasing after success, health, or happiness with all your might, yet never quite reaching your destination? The culprit might be the pervasive idea that you can simply think your way to a better life. Let’s debunk this myth together. Real change, the kind that transforms your life from […]

I have always loved snow globes. I think they’re magical and I collected them when I was younger. I would stare inside, at the pristine little world covered in “snowflakes” and imagine what it would be like to live inside one. As I got older, instead of feeling like I was on the outside of […]

I’m about to get real with you despite the fear and anxiety this truth brings. It happened during a women’s retreat where I was one of the guides, and let me tell you, it was a humbling experience. Picture this: early February, a women’s retreat, me, a guide and leader (I was there to be […]

I have long said “our perception creates our reality, therefore, we have the power to change the future”. So many elements in our daily life affect our perception. Last Sunday morning, I decided to shake up my routine. My kids were with their other parent so I had the luxury of deciding how I would […]