BRAZEN shoe charms are here!

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Life feels crazy here these days. Hectic. More than ever I find I'm searching for mantras, meditation, and *anything* else I can think of to carry me through. Sure, it's mostly good-crazy (news to come! news to come!) yet, simultaneously, a little terrifying. It's type of nervous-excitement where I crave a touchstone. A tangible reminder of the fact I'm bad ass. I'm capable. I'm ... Continue Reading

Brazen is in the Eyes of the Beholder (guest post).

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This guest post is at my request. Emmaclaire relayed the story to me and I *asked* her to come here and share. I ask, should you have a moment, you share your best conquering weight room *fears* in the comments below.  Thank you!   When I read Carla’s post about being brazen, it didn’t have negative connotations to me as it did some readers. Rather, I thought it a great descriptor of ... Continue Reading

Blessings of a shattered phone.

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Ive gotten better at NOT glorifying the busy. I'm back to forcing myself to acknowledge---in the nicest of fashions---declining invitations or turning down work is not a result of my being too busy. I'm saying no because it isn't a priority right now. It's been hard---yet I find it easier each time I do it. No isn't a four letter word.  Living with margins is OK. Life has grown slow around ... Continue Reading

I’m your Venus.

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I lament how EARLY my child gets up, yet I can't say I don't love our extra time together. We play kickball.  We hula-hoop.  We color.  We chat. Lately she's taken to asking what I have planned for my day. What will you work on, Mama, when I'm at school? Quite frankly, even as I detail specifics of writing I plan to do and calls I have,  I've always assumed she's not listening. Until ... Continue Reading

No electronics by the pool!

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Or the beach... It's that time of year again. The weather is warming.  The sun is shining longer, stronger and later. We're slowing, stopping and *shedding* clothes. *I'm* slowing, STOPPING and reminding you to shed the electronics by the water as well. First, HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY to USA-types. Id imagine, even more than weekends, today is the day where blog posts go to wither & ... Continue Reading

Counting Your Burdens as Blessings (guest post).

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Burdens. We've all got them. Maybe it's money. Maybe it's a health issue. Maybe it's a toxic relationship. Whatever it is, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the negatives plaguing your life when surrounded by all the happiness and abundance and positivity you can see in other people's lives on social media.   Everyone wants to be happy, and seems to be in an endless ... Continue Reading

KURGO Tru-Fit harness and Quantum Leash review.

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The below is a sponsored post by KURGO brand.   Since March Ive had the opportunity to work with Kurgo brand and test out a few of their products. The child and I have loved their stuffs and Charming, ever the Goldendoodle with swagger, has *loved* bragging to  his bitches peers all about the fact he's a BARK'bassador of sorts. (blue steel) We've been silly.  We've met horses ... Continue Reading

Taking my EGO out of the race.

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When last we left me I'd finished Running for a Better Oakland. The 5k race where the child had been entirely convinced she stood a chance of winning. Propelled by her enthusiasm I agreed to speak at a ZOOMA NAPA event and, the next morning, run their half-marathon. To this misfit-mama it felt like the PERFECT way to encourage my child's nascent love of running (Im jealous! Im ... Continue Reading

The HARDEST thing is getting out the door (guest post).

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SPRING has SPRUNG in Oakland. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere the days are starting to get longer and warmer but at an infuriatingly slow rate.   The rush of New Year’s resolutioners has subsided and the vast majority have now fallen by the wayside. There is more space in the gym, but you might be finding that motivation is dwindling.  The necessity to train in the morning in ... Continue Reading

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