When I first met Pete, he gave me a ride home in his 1994 forest green Toyota pickup truck. On our third date he said, “I know you’re a keeper because you are ok with my truck.” I said, “Who wouldn’t be ok with this?.” Mind you I met him during the winter in LA. …
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Resilience: the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. My friend called me and said she felt hurt because her boss chose someone else to lead a project instead of her. It hurt her feelings enough to make her cry. She went into all the reasons she is more qualified for the job, how the …
This blog post is an excerpt from my book Show Up: Finding Love for Independent Women. Now available on Amazon! Being cheated on took a LONG time for me to emotionally recover from. It sparked the greatest personal growth journey of my life so far. This story is about an ex years ago. Names changed …
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When I lived in NYC after college I dated a professional chef. He worked at a popular restaurant in Tribeca and I loved going in to sit at the chef’s counter to eat the food he cooked. One time he asked if I wanted to help him with a private catering job. I did. I …
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One of my favorite books is The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman. It’s basically about how people show and receive love differently, so whenever you get in a fight with someone close to you that goes something like, “I DO SO MUCH AND YOU NEVER DO THIS…,” it’s usually because you are speaking different …
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I was at the movies with my husband for Valentine’s Day. We were watching the year’s Oscar-nominated animated shorts – something we do every year. Seated next to us were two older ladies in their 70’s. One gave me a big smile as she sat down. “Want some popcorn?.” We had just come from a …
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I started reading my friend Ajit Nawalkha’s book titled “Live Big.” He talks about Passion vs. Practicality and I’m over here like… “Find your passion and do that for your career” is a bad piece of advice. Do I believe one should enjoy what they do? Absolutely. But it’s not the whole picture. Passion is …
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As nice as it sounds, I don’t believe in love at first site. I believe in infatuation and intuition at first site, but real love takes time. The first time I looked into Pete’s eyes, I had a hunch. He was handsome, and the feeling I got when I looked at him was interested, yet …
There’s a clear difference between wanting to do a good job and trying too hard. When someone wants to do a good job, it’s for themselves. They have self-love and it makes them feel good. The feeling is excitement and energizing. When someone is trying too hard, it’s for other people. Their actions are hoping …
I am drawn to photographing weddings because I’m around relationships of all sorts – mothers, daughters, besties, grandparents, coworkers, and of course – lovers. There have been moments while I’m at one where someone says something or does something that resonates strongly with me. As in, yup, that’s what I want. Through the years it …
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