THUNDERCLAP!

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  I love marketing. I love branding. I love trying new things. I LOVE throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks. For those reasons, I was unable to resist trying Thunderclap for our book release on May 5th. What the heck is Thunderclap? (Thanks for asking!) The best way to explain it is to liken it to an online flash mob.  A group of like minded people sharing the ... Continue Reading

Loneliness vs Aloneness (guest post).

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I’ve long been a fan of Carla’s ponderings, often bookmarking them for more consideration. I was away from home and my computer when I saw her I'm lonely post, so tweeted her to say I’d comment later. I also added. I often feel alone rather than lonely. It started a Twitter-enforced 140 character conversation about the difference between the two, which proved somewhat difficult. Hence, ... Continue Reading

How to test if you’re sleep deprived.

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Crack of Dawn Carla. To know me is to know I'm a lark. I'm a happy early riser. I never set an alarm (I am Kramer & yet also believe if I don't wake-up I'm not mean to be up. I'm always up.). I sleep like a toddler. I love EARLY MORNING workPLAYouts. I'm the woman who, if faced with choosing between SCHVITZ or SLEEP, always chooses the schvitz. I think I ... Continue Reading

10 ways to support a friend’s book release

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Because you rock I've received this comment/question a bunch lately: I want to help with your book release, but I have no idea HOW. What can I do? Because I always need everything laid out for me (tell me precisely what you need, please) I've decided to do that unto you. Ten ways you can help promote a friend's book release. 1. Pre-order.  Simple, fast & easy--pre-ordering is far more ... Continue Reading

Quality versus Quantity (The All-you-Can-Eat Buffet myth)

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Please welcome Jenn and her response to my musings on Quality vs Quantity. While I'd thought she & I approach motherhood differently, after reading her post I've realized we are not as different as I'd initially surmised.   “You’re never home!” As a full-time working mom who is building a business on the side, these painful words hit me like acid rain. They were hurled by my ... Continue Reading

The first signs of wings.

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Since we've moved back to Austin the Child and I have been like frick and frack. I think it's like this in most two adult households with kids. One parent has more flexibility and, as a result, has more interaction time with the child/children. I love my work and am grateful I've been able to play frick to her frack. And, because of this "division of labor" the roots & wings ... Continue Reading

40 Days of LESS (guest post).

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(Please to welcome Allie. I adore her. She inspires me. She's here at my begging request.) If you ask me what I want for my upcoming 40th birthday, I probably would respond by telling you everything I don't want: To be diagnosed with, and eventually die from, ovarian cancer like my mom when she was in her forties To start feeling, being, thinking, looking like a 40 year old (whatever that ... Continue Reading

I loathe the phrase binge watching.

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Once upon a time, as a practicum during my Master's degree, I worked with college students. Mainly freshman women, but as word spread of our chats & hangouts (oops) I often ended up with a mixed aged group all chatting about the same thing: Food & body image. Years later, in a land far away where I was still paying off my degree yet not utilizing it, I opened a boutique training ... Continue Reading

Im lonely.

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I was skimming through Instagram recently when I spied a quote which stopped me dead in my tracks (an overused phrase, certainly, yet captures my reaction exactly). We'll get to the quote in a moment, but first let me back up. I'm lonely. Have I mentioned that lately? Lonely. Lonely. Lonely. I've got that lonely in a crowd, lonely because I think "Crap, People, does no one get what I'm ... Continue Reading

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