hey, lavender latte. who doesn’t love a sample? when i was a young kid growing up on cape cod, i would spend summers in CT with my grandparents while my mom did what the working class does in tourist towns — worked so many hours that hiring child care would have eaten up all the money made so over the bridge + off to waterbury i went my grandmother (who i called nonny) was an avon lady, and i used to LIVE for mid-morning every other wednesday, when her order would come in i’d diligently...
3 days ago • 3 min read
hey, cookie crumble. if today is a happy day for you, i wish you the happiest of days, whatever that looks like for you + your fam right now if it’s not, i’m sending you buckets of love for whatever’s weighing on your mind, heart + soul — may you feel held, heard, heart-seen + healed and i invite you to consider the following: in what ways + spaces do you show up as a mother? whether or not you’ve got kids who call you that, i want to honor + love up on that mothering part of you today who...
6 days ago • 2 min read
hey, bell pepper baby. so… next month will make TEN YEARS since i left teaching (the first time) i’m admittedly not great at tying events to numeric timelines, but i still don’t know how i missed this a LOT has happened since 2015 (head here for all the gorgeous gory details) i’ve been thinking a lot lately about the choices we make in pursuit of goals — how sometimes they seem to take us further from those goals before they clearly bring us closer to them for example… i left teaching so i...
11 days ago • 3 min read
hey, cabbage slaw. yep... you can be wounded + well, bloom in fact, it’s a hallmark of our human experience some days it will serve you best to tend to your wounds, and others to your wellness both are necessary. neither is more valid or noble than the other and when you’re in the experience of looking out for others (also necessary. also just as valid + noble as it is to look out for yourself) — you may also find it useful to remember that some days it will serve THEM best to tend to their...
17 days ago • 1 min read
hey, blueberry jam. i talk a lot about the power of making intuition-driven decisions + how to navigate uncertainty with confidence, presence + peace it’s one of the fundamental ways my community, the UPRISING inner sanctum, can support you — by providing a practice ground filled with voices + hearts who choose to prioritize the same way you do (which ELIMINATES so much of the stress + noise that shows itself in most other aspects of our lives, and allows us to get straight to what matters...
19 days ago • 2 min read
hey, chicken strip. 🚨 stop joining communities to be polite pssst: you can sub “joining communities” with whatever else you’re doing because it would feel rude or uncomfortable not to you work, feel + love too damn hard to slowly smother yourself under the weight of being a “good” friend, colleague, partner or lover it may feel easier to just click “accept” on that group invite than to say it’s not a good fit for you right now same for the new client, volunteer position, date invite or collab...
22 days ago • 3 min read
hey, sesame seed. listen, there will always be some sorta valid bullshit reason to sideline your joy — especially in your business there will always be voices urging you to deprioritize your joy — insisting that it’s impractical, unreasonable + irresponsible to seek joy as a metric of success it’s one thing to SAY you want to claim joy like it’s your job, or to know that you’d like a more joyful experience in this one sweet life of yours that’s the easy part (even though i know you might...
24 days ago • 2 min read
hey, cheese tray. what do you do when there’s a shitton you COULD be doing + you aren’t feeling focused, but you ARE feeling motivated + ready to get down to biz? i regularly use a combination of: whiteboards (3) NUMEROUS google cal reminders (color coded by mood at the moment rather than in pursuit of organizational purposes) — for weekly AND daily goals/tasks sticky notes torn scraps of paper voice memos a journal for strategizing out at cafes or parks dedicated google docs hastily made...
26 days ago • 3 min read
hey, blueberry bush. make recordbreaking bank — when i set this intention for the year ahead back in december, i suppose maybe i should have been more specific 🤦♀️ because i sure did break a record recently, but not in the way i had in mind filing my taxes this year revealed to me that last year i made the least amount of money i’ve ever made, since i was like twelve (only the slightest of exaggerations, i’m afraid) on the up side, it does give a little validation to how tough it’s been to...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read