“It is what it is.” – Dealing with Conflict in Relationships + Advice from THE 9/11 Widow,
I’m baaaaaaack! Happy Monday, friends! It feels like it’s been *ages*, even tho it’s just been a long weekend essentially. New York Fashion Week can just feel like an eternity sometimes. 😉 Either way, SUPER…
View Post“Say No.” (+ 10 Quotes to Help you Say NO More, Guilt-free!)
Happy MONDAY. Can ya believe January 2018 is already almost donezo??? I think the second you graduate schooling and move on to “adulting,” suddenly the speed of life is magnified, and it smacks ya right in…
View PostTrust in God – Thoughts on Trusting God’s Plan in Our Lives
I was genuinely stumped about what to write about today. And y’all…that never happens. My editorial calendar is planned out months in advance (with wiggle room, of course). I’ve got a whole spreadsheet of categorized ideas,…
View Post“Why the hell not?” – Phoenix Travel Guide, Part 3
WHOA BABY, it’s been a hot sec since a Monday Mantra popped up around these rosy parts! Which is SO BAD, because I love ’em, you love ’em…we all love ’em, and I think they’re…
View Post“You go girl.” – Phoenix Travel Guide, Part 1
Happy Monday – You go girl. (Buy 1, Get 1 50% off) // (code FRIENDS for an extra 30% off!) // // // (“Ruby Woo”) // Sunglasses (similar look to!) PHOENIX TRAVEL GUIDE pt.1…
View Post“Act on It.”
If there’s one thing the world needs more of, it’s action. Action, and ice cream sandwiches. At the end of the day – especially at the end of a Sunday night as we brace for…
View Post“I Will Be a Light.”
It’s happening! It’s happening! A solar eclipse is happening today, at points of visibility all over the world – a crazy phenomenon, considering that many eclipses happen over water or in areas too remote for…
View Post“Work Hard and Be Nice.”
“Work Hard and Be Nice” tee (sizes keep going in + out of stock, so and watch for when your size comes back in stock, if it’s currently not!) // (OBSESSED. So stinkin’ flattering. They’re…
View Post“I Will Raise My Vibe”
Good vibes – we all want ’em. We all send ’em. But unless we know what the heck we’re actually sending, we could be sending hot potatoes and no one would know for the better.…
View Post“Baby, You’re a Firework”
“Baby, you’re a firework…Just own the night // Like the Fourth of July” Happy (almost) 4th of July – it’s a party in the USA! Celebrating early with a lil’ patriotic Monday Mantra – break…
View Post“Choose the Chase.”
Monday, THERE YOU AT. I hope everyone had an *awesome* Father’s Day with your own fathers, grandfathers, stepfathers, father-in-laws, godfathers, and any other father figure who holds a special place in yo’ heart. Now, enter…
View Post“I Will Politely Persist.”
Another Monday, another day of feeling dread that the weekend is over, overwhelm at the fullness of your plate (already), and general worry about the week ahead, where anything besides being persistent at refilling yo’…
View Post“I was Born to Stand Out.”
“Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?” If you know exactly what movie that quote is from, we just became best friends. 😉 (Hint: It stars…
View Post“Offer something to somebody.” (Something you don’t know about me + the Philly Jazz Fest!)
JavaScript is currently disabled in this browser. Reactivate it to view this content. The great Wynton Marsalis once said, “And that’s the soulful thing about playing: you offer something to somebody. You don’t know…
View Post“Embrace the Balancing Act.”
If there’s one thing I can say with 100% certainty that I typically don’t have, it’s balance. Or, at least, a true *sense* of it. When you’re a naturally ambitious person with a case of…
View Post“I am Worthy of Love.”
With V-Day right around the corner, it’s hard to escape the hearts-fest that has thrown up on every store endcap – from pink balloons to red roses to pink AND red candies and chocolates galore,…
View Post“I Will Dance in the Rain.”
Happy Monday, yo. I’m sitting here sipping my cuppa coffee and staring out the window at a sunshine-y day – bless up. But as we know far too well, not every day has sun (duh,…
View Post“I Will Step Out.”
So…we haven’t talked in a year. The jokes, the jokes. 😉 But really tho…yo, 2017! A New Year is upon us. In last night’s #CURation (didja catch it?? If not, you can get the next one…
View Post“I Refuse to Play Small.”
On the corkboard smackdab in front o’ my face at my deskspace, I have a hot pink Post-It note with a mantra on it that says, “STOP PLAYING SMALL. You’ve got this.” At first, I…
View Post“Clear out the Clutter.”
What’s worse than feeling anxious? Feeling suffocated. There’s a suffocating sense of overwhelm that undoubtedly accompanies any clutter in my life. Whether it’s clutter on my office floor, in my makeup drawer, on my desk…
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