Traditions

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…

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The Progress Mindset

This weekend, I took a 75-minute Power Zone Endurance ride on my Peloton. It was tough, and I wasn’t in the right headspace. I had stepped on the scale moments before the ride, and to my disappointment, it registered a pound higher than it had the day before. What the fuck. I’d been eating right,…

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Don’t Buy the Ninja Creami

(If you already have the KitchenAid Mixer) Okay, here’s my hot take. I know you’ve seen the Ninja Creami trending on TikTok and Instagram. (I did). You’ve probably decided you need it. (I definitely did). But here’s the thing. If you have the KitchenAid standing mixer, there is something you can get that works just…

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On Keeping Score

There is a nasty little thing I do in my marriage. I have to work hard to keep it in check. Otherwise, it’ll undo all the hard work we have both done since our separation. It’s called keeping score. Keeping score is a habit I need to unlearn I’ll tell you how I got into…

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The Mother Wound

When my dad was a baby, he was abandoned by his mother. We don’t know the whole story. A lot of us suspect that there was an affair or scandal that led to his abandonment. But, none of that is provable. My dad’s mother, my biological grandmother, left him as a newborn baby in the…

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