Friends, I’m starting to think I’m incapable of light and airy posts. Everytime I have one planned something comes up and I just can’t bring myself to post it because I have something else weighing on me. It’s the same reason why I hate small talk I suppose. So, sorry if you’re looking for easy breezy[...]
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Mental Health
Dear Self, You’re doing fine. Read it again. You are doing just fine. And don’t get stuck on “fine.” Nobody needs you to be great all the time. Nobody even needs you to be good. You are doing fine. And that is enough. At some point over the course of the last 33 years you learned you had to be[...]
Hi friends! I have so many things I want to share with you and I keep trying to plan them out but then something else comes up that feels more “in the moment” or more pressing to share and my schedule keeps getting thrown off. Eventually I’ll get into a groove of sharing a wide spread of content, maybe, but[...]
Hi friends. To be transparent I’m really struggling to find words to share with you today. I figured I would dig into the archives and pull something out to post but nothing feels quite right. So I was going to offer a book review or talk about my favorite throw pillows or something light but that felt like che[...]
Hey friends! If you asked my kids to name things I love without a doubt they’d say “us, ice cream, and books.” They may toss in plants. They may say Dan. They may mention Ted Lasso. But they will definitely say “us, ice cream, and books.” And they would be very much right (although I would always includ[...]
I have a love-hate relationship with the term “self care.” And if I’m being honest it leans more towards the hate. It has become such a buzz word. And it's thrown around, especially at women, in a way that packs the shame and guilt. If you just took better care of yourself you wouldn’t be so stressed. If[...]
A few months ago I listened to a podcast and I can’t for the life of me remember who it was by, likely Brene Brown but I couldn’t find it again in my search. Anyways, they quoted someone and the quote was something like this… “Stress lives in the space between what we want to be happening and what is actu[...]
Hey friends! (I’m hoping we have all come to terms with that greeting now because it feels the best. And trust me I have tried out many.) As I try to lay the framework for this blog it feels really important to talk about why I decided to call it “A Big Brave Life.” Many of you will recognize the “Big Bra[...]