The other day in Physical Therapy, I saw this frail, older woman sitting in a wheelchair. I ended up next to her during my squatting exercise on a Pogo-Ball kind of thing (remember these?!).

She was doing an exercise where she was just lifting each leg up to a step. Slowly and surely, meticulously, lifting one leg up at a time...that was her exercise. I looked like American Gladiator next to her and she turned to me and said, you're lucky to be able to do that.
How right she was. I told her how grateful I am for my health and imagine she did a lot when she was younger. She smiled and started telling me about her life.
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Joan was her name. 

Hey beautiful, I wanted to let you know that I'm going off of social media completely.

​Not forever...

You know those times when you feel like you're in a good groove with something and then you miss one time and then another and then another?

Like a great workout routine you start, and you're consistent and motivated and the momentum is building and you're like I CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!
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And then one day you have to miss a workout...you're tired, your head hurts, you had a bad day, you ate chik-fil-a, or you just don't feel like it. Whatever it is, you say...

We all make 'mistakes' and it can feel debilitating at times. Thinking ugh...why did I do that?! Maybe playing the scenario over and over again in your mind. Or not moving forward out of fear or because of regret.

But what if the mistake wasn't wasn't a big deal or maybe not even a mistake? 

I just watched a beautiful Ted Talk by Robert Waldinger on 'Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness.'
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The big takeaway - relationships matter most. It still catches me by surprise. At this point, how many times have you heard that connection and quality relationships are more meaningful than wealth, fame and achievement? And yet, how many times do we go after those very things?

It's my birthday today!!!
There are many things I love in life and birthdays are one of them.
A whole day to celebrate you?! YESSSSSSSSSSS....I LOVE IT! like LUWAH it.

I've been thinking about this question for a while...when will I be free? I keep thinking once I'm 'free', I'll be good.

Disaster struck in my first world, with blood...

Confession time. I bought new panties ​recently - the VS 5 for $28 panties. Why?

You know what's tough? When you feel like your life is 'just fine.' Or so you tell others and mostly yourself. It's this weird in between you live in where you rationalize everything in your life to feel better about it.

And you live like that for a while. You take your smart, motivated, passionate self and you subdue her bit by bit.
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Wondering where the joy is amongst the junk?

When I first heard about the Women's March last November, I was SO excited about it! Finally a march for women. Women to stand up and be seen. Our voices being heard. To show we exist and matter.
Feminine power rising in a time where we need it most. Nurturing, empathic, multi-dimensional, high quality, considering everyone affected when making a decision, and the list goes on. #mothernature. Not a knock to masculine power but we have enough in the world and the balance has been skewed for some time.
This march was everything about empowering women and it wasn't even a second thought for me. I help women step into their own power so wouldn't I march with so many to show our collective power?
And yet, sometimes the very things we get so fired up about is what can dissipate with the best rationalization ever. The thing you know for certain in every part of your being -- so much so you get those tingly feelings throughout your body -- can be what we end up letting go so easily.
Why is that?