After last year, when it took my son about two-thirds of the year to feel at ease in kindergarten, we were understandably a bit gun-shy about the first day of first grade. Correction: *I* was gun-shy. *He* seemed okay with it. And even a little excited to see his friends. But I knew it would be a …
Wholehearted Living: Knowing Your Personality Type
"You either walk inside your story and own it, or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness." Brené Brown Knowing yourself allows you to walk inside your story. It doesn't mean giving yourself the excuse to stop growing or changing. But it DOES mean giving yourself …
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Weekend Reading for Design-Minded Women
First of all, thank you all so, so much for reading and sharing my post earlier this week on ways to make your kids feel crazy loved! I really (like, really!) appreciate all of you who commented or shared or pinned...And a big welcome to any new visitors because of that piece! I'm thrilled that …
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Wholehearted Living: Sometimes People Will Hurt You
Last Friday night at 8pm, I answered the phone and heard these words. "Erica. On Monday I will have power of attorney for my mother's condo. On Tuesday I will circulate a petition to have you fired." Then the line went dead. -- I could tell you that I had literally had two interactions with him …
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I Shop, Therefore I Am (Poor) + More Six-Word Memoirs
Have you heard of six-word memoirs? Since the project debuted in 2006, one million adults and teens have shared their six-word stories. Some of them are hilarious ("weary *and wary* of ice buckets"); some are heart-wrenching ("I've been homeless since you died"). I can't get enough of these …
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5 “Diamonds” from the Marriage Diaries
I was an honor over the last year to host the personal stories of the 14 women who wrote for the Marriage Diaries. Today I wanted to share some of the little pearls of wisdom that stood out and stayed with me, even months later. (Except we're calling these pearls "diamonds," …
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