I just recently learned, at age 40, I’ve been having anxiety attacks since I was a little girl. I’ve always known when my daughter was having one right away.  I quickly learned to recognize the overwhelming (and sometimes irrational) fear, the strong desire to flee the situation, the crying, sweating, shaking and shortness of breath. […]

Let’s talk about body positive Instagrammers.  I’ve felt like crap about myself after scrolling through Instagram. Anyone else? Yeah, I see you. Thanks for raising your hand. Diet ads, fitness “coaches,” celebrities and models in skimpy bikinis, people posting their progress photos in their quest to be thin. “You’re not good enough as you are,” […]

  I’m rediscovering the benefits of walking after a long stretch of inactivity.  I’d been pretty inactive for a long while.  And then I had a couple of weird injuries, which made even walking to the bathroom painful.  First, I developed weird shin pain that the ER doctor blamed on in infection from swimming in […]

  When I think of the best compliments I’ve ever received three really stand out.  Two are from the last year so they are fresh in my mind.  One will stick with me for the rest of my life. Compliments can really brighten someone’s day – especially if that person’s Love Language is words of […]

  My friend James keeps asking me how to write an essay.  I’ve been a freelance writer for years, published in print on four continents and featured on numerous websites. He wants a writing template.  I keep telling him there is no secret formula.  All you have to do is write.  I think my exact […]

    I went to my first dive bar yesterday.  My friend had previously told me I was too adorable for this place.  He made “adorable” sound like an insult and a challenge, so I became determined to prove him wrong.  I told a few people about my new goal of checking out The Stamp […]

    Falling in the bathtub wasn’t on my radar when I became infatuated with the bathroom in my current rental.  I mean…look at this beautiful tub. I envisioned long, relaxing soaks. Not thighs covered in bruises. And I’ve spent hours happily covered in hot, bubbly water since I moved in at the end of […]

Listen.   Your summer body is here now. RIGHT now. The body you are in is perfect for summer. It is already your beach body, your pool body. How do you get a bikini body?  You put a bikini on your body. That’s it. I love wearing bikinis.  They’re easy to get on and off.  You […]

I have a new crush. Palm Springs, California.  And I’m in deep. I flew into Palm Springs last Saturday for a conference, landing a bit after 9 p.m., which was midnight Florida time.  I’d left my house fifteen hours earlier.  It was a long day. But it was worth it because I fell madly in […]

I have a new huge level of respect for those of you living with chronic pain. It’s not that I didn’t have respect before, but I suddenly GET it a little more.  Chronic pain is defined as pain lasting more than 12 weeks.  I’m less than 3 weeks in and miserable. I got out of […]