Motherhood

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From business to personal, these are my stories on entrepreneurship, careers, writing, speaking, failing, parenting, creating, and growing.

Jul 10, 2019

In an episode called Finding Your Voice with Liz Navarro, I had the honor of having a conversation with Amanda Smith, the host The Fearless

Apr 25, 2019

Because we’re excellent parents, we’ve established a reliable system of rewards and consequences to encourage good behavior from Lucy....

Feb 26, 2019

I’m currently (scratch that)...I’m ALWAYS in an “it’s complicated” relationship with mom guilt. It’s been hard to wrap my mind around the...

Nov 20, 2018

Lucy means light. It took us a long time to commit to Lucy’s name. I felt like naming a child I didn’t yet know--giving her a word, a...

Oct 6, 2018

When I was a toddler, my family visited my grandma who lived out of state. After our trip, my grandma sent my mom a book called Raising a...

Mar 22, 2018

This story starts as so many do: at Target. In late June 2016 I pulled into the Target parking lot alone, a woman on a mission for...

Mar 14, 2018

At 20 months old, Lucy’s most confident words are trash and shoes. She’s mastered some of the basics–mama, dada, hi, bye, yeah, no–but...