A story about aging, anxiety and acceptance as I enter my 50th year.
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A story about aging, anxiety and acceptance as I enter my 50th year.
Oh this past summer was going to be the one! Yep - I had the grandest of plans. Yoga three times a week. Get back to running and finally complete the half marathon training that I ditched in the spring. Meditate- Every. Single. Morning. I could already hear what my friends would say come September … Continue reading A Pain in the Ass
The night 250 people gathered in Burlington to watch EMBRACE- a film about the epidemic of body loathing in our culture - and what we can do to change it.
Last summer we took our kids to a waterpark. It was a stinkin' hot day and we had a blast zipping down slides and cooling off in the wave pool. At one point, my husband and the older kids decided to try a toilet-bowl style ride geared for an older crowd, so my littlest and I … Continue reading Embrace
The first time it happened I was in Vegas of all places. My husband had a work trip in sin city and I tagged along to enjoy a little getaway from the usual chaos of life with small children. My girlfriend and her husband were there too and we were schmoozing and dining out and partying like a bunch of … Continue reading Anxiety