How are you feeling about your daughter today? Was today a good day? Was today one of those days when she woke up full of optimism and creative ideas? Maybe she was incredibly thoughtful and sensitive? Or maybe today was one of those days where she feels like the world is about to fall apart… it could be because of what you would consider a real problem, or maybe you are thinking to yourself right now- why does she not get this is NOT a big deal and by tomorrow it will all be over with. If she is having…
Happy Holidays
Its that time of year again. The holiday lights are up, the music is playing in every store telling us this is a time of joy and celebration. I love watching the lights set up on the trees lighting up the early darkness and the holiday fairs on every corner in NYC. This is a time of year when we get to spend time with family, for me living far away from my family it is mostly a time when I miss their presence. For many of the mothers I meet in my work this time of year is…
Can We Please Stop Saying Sorry!
Yesterday while on flight to Chicago I was waiting in line to go to the bathroom. A women walked out and I smiled at her, her response was to say “I am sorry”. I was baffled, what was she sorry for? for needing to go to the bathroom before me? For being in my way? I am not really sure. So I spent the rest of my travel day noticing how many women I encountered who said they were sorry and how many men did, and for what. My own little social experiment. I think you can guess what I…
How I won 12,000$
When I was growing up I believed I was just never meant to win. Every competition I entered, every raffle, every lottery ticket I bought- I just never won. The story I told myself was “I never win”. I would buy the ticket already telling myself in my head “you know you are not going to win right?” And guess what- I didn’t. You would think I got used to the feeling of loosing. That over 30 years of experience would have taught me to except this as my reality and be ok with it. But I…
Why I Did it Anyway!
On Sunday I set off to do what I thought was impossible for me. Finish a half marathon. Why impossible? I had all the good reasons: my ankle that is not yet fully healed, I have done very little high impact training (walking and running on the real ground) in the last two months and to be honest, its me- I hate running why would I do this to myself? So why did I do it? I did it because one of the many things that I have learned over the last 4 months of training, is that what we…