One of my favorite quotes is “Someone else is happy with Less than what you have.” It took me a long time to gain this perspective. Admittedly I was a “keeping up with the Jones’” type of girl. I was never satisfied with my success. […]

This is by far the most vulnerable interview I have ever conducted. I tried to bury my childhood for many years. Just so you know, that doesn’t work. It played a big role in me not having a successful marriage down the road and bled […]

The first time someone told me to “get over it” was when I lost my high school boyfriend. It may sound silly to most, the romance was brief, but to me it was real. It was the first time I had ever felt important or […]

When I worked with Nicole I thought she had the perfect family and the perfect life. It wasn’t until I ran into her in the bathroom one day that she stunned me with the news that her son was in a full-time treatment facility in […]

I have always been a planner. I guess it’s my attempt to control the universe and to calm my anxiety of the unknown. The problem is when my plans go awry I’m left feeling disappointed and like a total failure in life. Can you relate? […]

I first met Lindsay back in 2008. I had just given birth to my second child and was working as a traffic reporter for a local radio station. Lindsay was the morning show host on this station and I was envious of her career and […]

My friend Zizly was dumped just a few months before her wedding by a man she had been with for nine years. This is her story. I was supposed to be a married woman today. That’s not happening. Seven months ago I was dumped. It […]

How many times in your life have you thought, “nobody gets what I’m going through.” “No one has had it worse.” “No one’s self-esteem has ever been this low,” or “No one has hurt this bad”? In this silly little comparison game that we like […]

I have been in baseball mode for the last couple of months. What does that mean? Zero time to cook or sit down for dinner as a family five to six nights a week. Between my daughter’s year-round competitive gymnastics and baseball, forget it. (Sigh, […]