Perfect Is Bullshit
Perfect. Perfection. Perfectionist. Lean in, folks. Get close. Truth bomb, ready to explode. PERFECT. IS. BULLSHIT. Perfect isn’t a THING. You are not, and never will be, “perfect”...unless you’re a snowflake (and if you [...]
Pain and Pleasure, Part Three: This One Really IS About Wine
“It wasn’t serving my life anymore.”That’s my answer to the questions I get. It’s the most honest answer, the simple and complete answer:“It wasn’t serving my life anymore.”Two years ago this week, I stopped drinking. [...]
Riding the Waves
*actual photo of my very first surf lesson in 2014…riding real waves that time, not emotional ones*I wrote recently about the importance of facing our pain so we can heal it. Then I wrote [...]
Heal, Already!
“Listen, nine women can’t make a baby in a month” - C. Ray MeadowsMy grandfather said this to me many years ago when I was in a typical fit of indignant impatience. For most of [...]
Scar Tissue
Someone left my life recently—someone I loved deeply.It was abrupt, painful, and (the three-year-old in me keeps using this word) “unfair.”Meanwhile, the Universe throws another handful of popcorn in its mouth and laughs over [...]
Fear, Free Falls, and Freaking Love Yourself Already
Eleven years ago today, I threw myself out of a perfectly good airplane. Why? To prove I could face my fears and (hopefully) not die. To literally “take the leap” and trust that the [...]
Sit with the Squirm
Title alone kind of makes you squirm, huh? I wanted to write the third post in my series on "Pain and Pleasure and Motivation and all the things". It's coming. But it can wait. [...]
Pain and Pleasure, Part One of Many
No, this isn’t the JW take on 50 shades. Go scrub that dirty mind! Actually, don’t, it’s an admirable quality in a person. Stay dirty, friends. Pain and Pleasure is a concept I’ll talk about [...]
From the Inside Out
I’m a collector of memes. I’m guessing you are too (God Bless the Internet). Unless you’re just looking at the cat videos and in that case, Sylvester the Talking Cat is a personal favorite. [...]