Wow! What a week it has been. If you’ve been feeling emotional this week, you are certainly not alone. While I’m still processing the recent days following the election, the primary feeling I have is exhaustion. So, I decided to…
Thoughts for the Week Ahead
An unfortunate part of a mandatory self-care week when you’re sick, is that all the things you didn’t tackle while you were “out” will still be waiting for you when you return. I’m finally on the mend after four consecutive…
Sparks of Joy
There wasn’t much going on around here this week besides a lot of self-care to try to kick this nasty cold of mine, some client work sprinkled in during my waking hours, and lots of time on the couch catching…
The Importance of Rest
For the last few days, I’ve been battling a nasty cold. While things like these are never fun, they feel even worse when they happen and you are away from home. Things like this are also more complicated when you…
How I Combat Scanxiety as a Thyroid Cancer Survivor
One of the things that’s always on my agenda at the start of a new year is to go for my yearly neck ultrasound. In some ways, doing a difficult task at the beginning of the year is like ripping…
5 Ways I’m Easing Into the New Year
Has anyone else felt like it’s been hard to keep the days straight, find motivation, or set goals for the new year? I thought it was just something that was happening to me during the week between Christmas and New…
How I Embraced the Rainy Weekend
Well, it was another rainy weekend in New York (actually, it was the seventh rainy weekend in a row). After a busy week last week filled with lots of client events, I used the weekend as an opportunity to relax,…
Why I Love Having a Self-Care Routine
Yesterday, I made an impromptu trip to Montauk for a workout class at Gurney’s. It’s not that I had nothing better to do over the weekend (actually, quite the contrary). But I felt like I needed to take some time…
Coping with Grief as a Caregiver
When I arrived at my grandmother’s condo two years ago on this day, I never thought it would be the last time she would be in her home of more than two decades. I had driven almost an hour to…
Motivational Moments: When You Feel Behind in Life
The other day, I came across an inspirational audio on Instagram. So, I did what any good blogger and content creator would do and created a Reel. But hours after I created the content, the audio kept replaying in my…
Self-Care as an Entrepreneur
The past week has felt like one long bad dream. After the news of my grandmother’s passing, there were still plenty of calls to make and arrangements to put together, despite feeling like all I wanted to do was grieve…
A Moment of Gratitude for May
Some months are just so good that they deserve their own recap. May was one of those months. And while the month isn’t officially over yet, I’d like to take a moment of gratitude for the experiences and opportunities that…
