I met my friend’s new boyfriend recently. She asked what I thought. Me: I like him because I like who you are when you’re with him. Her: Really? I feel like I’m just being me. Me: Exactly. A great relationship is when you love who YOU are in that relationship. *Excerpt from my book, Show Up: …
When I was 22 in NYC, I lived in a crummy apartment located in a shady neighborhood. It was a 5-floor walk up and hot as hell during summer. My roommate would bring home boys every night. I was interning full-time at a modeling agency and also working full-time at a restaurant to pay the …
Do you worry about what other people think about your hair? The car you drive? Whether your joke was funny? There is a saying that humans can go longer without food and water than approval. Letting go of what other people think in recent years has given me personal freedom. I seriously feel like I …
Growing up, my mom would always be hard on my sister and I. It wasn’t always easy to hear what she had to say, but through the years I came to understand her message loud and clear: Always try your best. When we would come home with report cards, she would say “A-? Why not …
I just came back from a sushi dinner. I’ll be honest, I was grumpy today. Feeling under the weather. When I walked in, the waitress (a twenty something girl) said enthusiastically in a Disney princess-like voice, “HIIIIIYEE! Just one? Right over here!.” She loved her job, life, and you could see it in her interaction …
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