In honor of Pride Month, and as a proud bisexual myself, I thought I’d take this opportunity to demystify some common misconceptions about bisexuality. In 2020, I came out as bisexual to half a million people on TikTok. I learned through that process that many people are confused about what bisexuality actually is and what…
Last night, my husband found me standing in my bedroom with my hands on my hips, utterly paralyzed. I spent the day wrangling two very energetic kids who are home from school for the summer, deep cleaning my home, tackling literal piles of laundry, and also trying to get my work done. As a mom,…
When I was in my 20s, my then-partner told me that he didn’t think I knew how to be happy. I remember sitting there in shock, wondering where in Taylor Swift’s multiverse he had found the audacity. I could absolutely be happy! It felt like he was weaponizing the fact that I have emotions in…
My family and I just got home from a beach vacation. It was a wonderful, rejuvenating, and much needed time for me and my loved ones. But it also came with some stress. For the last two months, I’ve been on what I call my sustainable fitness journey. I’ve been working on creating fitness habits…
Depending on who you ask, I may sound like a huge success or a massive failure. Some people think that my serial pursuit of new achievements makes me a superstar, someone who is constantly growing and learning new things. Others see my collection of achieved and forgotten accomplishments as a lack of discipline or commitment….
I try not to have regrets. But when it comes to money — especially when I things because I thought I needed them, only to find out they were completely unnecessary — I have regret every time. Here are the things I bought when I became a new mom that were absolutely useless. Learn from…
Every summer of my childhood, my parents took me to the beach. My parents are creatures of habit, so it was always the same beach. The same condo, even. I was an only child, and my parents understood how lonely a vacation could be for a kid without siblings. So, they always let me bring…
Have you ever been so broken by something that no matter what, you could never recover? That the hurt of that experience was deeply rooted in your bones and a part of who you are now? It can feel suffocating as if there is no way out—as if this pain will define your life forever….
A lot of us struggle with setting boundaries with our kids. We internalized some of the shame-based instructions we got from society about our role as mothers, and now we believe we are supposed to be martyrs for our kids. We think we are not allowed to expect our kids to treat us like we’re…
Let me start by saying that this is not a hit piece. I’d also like to give a considerable content warning; this post is going to discuss body image and disordered eating/exercising. The body positivity movement is a beautiful and necessary thing. It exists to push back against the impossible beauty standards of our society,…
