Do you ever feel trapped by “rules” on this journey? What you can eat. What you can do. What’s “OLD.” What “works.” What’s possible. It’s insane that for just about every “rule” out there, you can find something/someone that will say the exact opposite. Yet, we rarely ever stop and think about that, or its […]
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Do you ever ask yourself, “Why the hell am I putting myself through this?” Have you “failed” so many times you feel like giving up? Been there, felt that. But here’s the deal, if you are going to give up, be smart about it. Give up on struggling, not on your desire to be a
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Happy Sunday! Out of fear of being “disappointed,” we hold back. We tell ourselves not to get our hopes up. We fool ourselves into thinking if we keep one foot out the door, somehow disappointment will hurt less. Big. Fat. Lie. Disappointment is disappointment. It sucks. But, what if numbing ourselves and tamping down our
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This week I want to share a part of myself I’ve been holding back. I wasn’t keeping it from you for some shady reason–rather, it’s because my relationship with it had been complicated. I get asked a lot about HOW I cultivated a mindset of fearless certainty that my baby (see Asher above) would come
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Happy Sunday! You are insanely powerful love. I know you may not feel like it on this journey. You are. You are. You are. Let’s stand together, shoulder to shoulder (even though you are probably taller than me) for that proposition. You have power over the most valuable resource we have–your mind. What you believe
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Does a baby shower invitation feel like a knife to your heart? When someone announces they are pregnant, do you feel your insides start to turn into a giant, anxiety-ridden, knot? Well this weekend I went to the first baby shower I’ve attended since Asher was born and it got me thinking. As I sat
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As I write this, I can still see and smell the smoke that has inundated where I live in Northern California wine country. The community I know has been devastated. Many lives were lost. Places I loved were burnt to the ground. The courthouse where I made my career as a prosecutor was shut down
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This time last year I lost one of the great loves in my life. It was a day that I knew would come, but that knowledge did nothing to dull the pain. The minutes, hours, days, and weeks after my loss were soul scorching. There was a gaping hole in my heart. There were moments
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A couple weeks ago I had lunch with a few of my old colleagues from my days at the District Attorney’s office and during that lunch, they started calling me a name that I never, ever thought I would be called: Fertile Myrtle. Raucous, ribald, and at times obnoxious, I know these amazing women were
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As I write this, I can look to my right and see my baby Asher snuggled up in a blanket. It’s hard for me to believe that he is already 11 days old. Time is moving way too fast. When I am not showering this boy with kisses and whispering “Mama loves you” in his
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