I’m rubber, you’re glue… — We’ve all been there. The times when the putrid, emotionally-charged word vomit of others makes its unwanted splat on our vulnerable souls. No one can know when it will happen until it’s too late. But, when it does, time’s up. Yoshi wins. You’ve been slimed by the unaddressed childhood trauma…

Do you have a massive roadblock to getting more done? — I have recognized that the main reason I do not get as much sleep as I need is…TV. I watch TV. Not a ton. But, I watch it when I don’t have the time to watch it. Guess what? My TV habit is killing me slowly. That’s a bit dramatic…

You don’t know what average is if you haven’t rejected it — I’m going to say it: We’re all a little bit deluded in today’s society. I call it the American Idol syndrome. I’ve been thinking about this a lot. Through this show and many others, we have been fed a bill of goods that all we need to do is get…

How I avoid burnout the hard way — I don’t want to be a Debbie Downer here, but I also do want to shed light on a truth that is extremely prevalent in so many people’s lives. Weekends aren’t times to rest. The whole “it’s Friday and now I get to have fun and do what I want”…

Security comes at a price — Want to make sure your future is secure? Diversify! Make sure you always have multiple streams of income! Don’t have one side hustle — that one might tank. Have a few! How many irons do you have in the fire? Diversify, diversify, diversify! To be completely honest, it’s good advice. …

Unseen hopes have massive consequences — Your guilt isn’t necessarily warranted. For example, I have a significant amount of what people call “mom guilt.” I have guilt about giving my kid processed food. I have guilt for every moment of television he watches. And I have guilt for my job(s) because it takes time away from…

And the top 2 reasons we do it — It’s so easy to say yes in the moment. The entire zoom screen stared at me through their pixelated eyeballs. I had just been asked to be the secretary of the parent teacher association at my kid’s preschool. My brain screamed in protest. Michelle. You have a one-year-old company, a…

If you don’t understand it, you undermine your success — Ah, the Instagram life. The bikini-clad goddesses perched on top of a yacht sipping champagne and cruising through the Greek islands. The television star sitting in a makeup chair as a gaggle of people buzz around her, perfecting every pore before her red carpet debut. The bronzed and appropriately greying…

If you don’t see it, you can’t travel it — It’s 3:45 pm on a Monday. I have had a moderately successful day working on increasing the reach of my company. I have to pick up my kid at 4:45 pm. So, I have an hour. This is often the beginning of my downfall. Why? Because I have done everything…