
Flu Day Reflections
I sit here with my puppy curled up on me. My sweet, sick 3 year old sleeping on me--when was the last time she did that? And the kicks of my unborn son inside of me. In the coming months, life will change. I have no way of knowing what life with 2 will be like--until he arrives. And so for now I am savoring this special moment. Somehow, in her last year as an only child, I have been gifted so much bonus time with my first baby. The girl who made me a mother. The time ha

Surrender to the Beauty in the Breakdown
Photo Credit: Ravi Roshan Surrender To Life’s Imperfections I have been giving others advice about how to support their wellness and fight off flu season. I took all the precautions for me and my family. Yet somehow I sat in the Minute Clinic parking lot, ugly crying into my face mask--you know the ones they give you that make you feel like a leper--wondering how did I get here? I knew that this was going to be a busy week as I looked ahead to my calendar. Mastermind kick of

Kicking of 2018 with High Vibes and Intentions
First appeared on https://charleston.citymomsblog.com/advice/kicking-off-2018-high-vibes-intentions/ If you’re anything like me, the week between Christmas and New Years is spent feeling the post holiday blues. I usually spend that last week of the year trying to hold on to the holiday vibe. I do a lot of reflecting, but I do not feel ready to start my intentions until well into January. This year, I decided to get really conscious about how I want to kick off my year and I w

Dear 2017 Jen
Dear Jen, In this moment it is January 1, 2018 and you are taking some time for you this morning, You really need this letter because in this moment you are beating yourself up a lot over spilt milk (literally) on a ceramic stove. You have spent the morning in a bad pattern of self loathing. You woke up beating yourself up over not getting up earlier. Then you beat yourself up over not cleaning up and decluttering. Then you spent some time worrying about how to spend you