Working Out My Passions

I didn’t grow up dreaming of getting married or planning a fairy-tale wedding. Instead, I grew up with dreams of traveling, teaching and writing.

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Love Detox

I went through alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal/detox on the top bunk in my sister’s basement – in a house full of toddlers. Three of

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Take Care

Taking care of ourselves is not an innate thing for most moms and leaders. I remember when my second child was a few weeks

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Inhale. Exhale.

I’m a Florida girl living in the New Mexico desert. I got married and moved from sandy white beaches to mile high mountains five

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My Magenta Shoes

In almost every way I have chosen a colorless existence. A peek inside my bedroom closet reveals a sea of black and grey resting

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Clean Breath

May 14-20 is Mental Health Awareness week I’ve never been considered a neat person. I’ve struggled with depression since I was a child, and

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