The other day I was sitting with one of my favorite co-workers. We work really well together and she’s one of those people who you can have three different conversations with at one time. Somehow we were talking both about how to teach kids this upcoming skill and how our marriages were going. The conversation… Read More Romantic Love vs. Committed Love: Why You Need Both

So we’re back this week with another installment of the Single Ladies series. Two weeks ago, we started thinking about how the way we live when we aren’t dating impacts the caliber of man we will tolerate when we start. Didn’t read that one? Girl. It was good. Go ahead and open it up and… Read More Single Ladies Part 2: How to Date Without Losing Your Mind

Girl. I know. I missed you too. I’ve been hustling in my professional life with a 9-5, two 5-9’s,  and not enough hours in the day. But sometimes we have to be okay with the fact that with great opportunities for growth come sacrifice. I knew that I’d have to hit a pause point on… Read More Single Ladies Part 1: How You Live Now Impacts How You’ll Date Later

I am an ambivert. The love child of both an introvert and an extrovert. I love bringing people together and get incredible amounts of energy from the right people…and I am also really happy at home under my favorite blanket reading a book on a Friday night by my entire self. Let’s take the time here… Read More Budgeting Your Energy Like Your Money

Potential (adj.) having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future It’s the word we use to describe people who are on the brink of something worthwhile. A new situation that seems promising. The man with whom we may see something in the future. Typically, it carries a positive connotation… until… Read More The Problem With Loving His Potential

One of my best friends came into town about a month ago for a work trip. Only having a night in town, I did what any respectable friend would do–I picked her up, talked her ear off for hours over dinner, and then went out for ice cream. And it was glorious. So glorious that… Read More 3 Reasons Why Being (almost) 30 and Making New Friends is Hard

I have always carried with me the belief that I was somehow responsible for the sanity of the people I love. It was a secret belief–one I never felt the need to share with anyone, not even the people for whom I thought I was responsible. The trauma that has taken place in my family… Read More Your Sanity Isn’t My Responsibility

I remember the day my college boyfriend broke up with me. I was in Washington, DC for an internship and I cannot describe all the ways I was feeling myself. Working to get a degree in International Studies, I took an unpaid gig with the Peace Corps and had my own office before the ripe ol’ age… Read More Sexless Soul Ties

This blog post is the final part of a three part series entitled: What No One Told Me About Marriage. As I reflect on conversations with a sweet friend who is also married, I realize so many of our conversations begin or end with “But no one told me_____!”. This series is a small–but mighty–look… Read More What No One Told Me About Marriage Part 3: Navigating Your In-Laws