Sweatpants & Self Care | Coffee & Meditation – Where is the Connection?
Meditation and coffee can both make your day a little better. In fact, you can use them together to start your day off right. [...]
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Personal Essays | Two Parallel Lives
I am living two parallel lives. I am both happy and sad. My heart is so full, and yet so broken. I look toward the future with both hope and dread. [...]
Sweatpants & Sanity | Is It Anxiety or Paranoia? And Could CBD Oil Help Me?
Learn the differences between anxiety and paranoia, and strategies for coping with both. [...]
Parenting From a United Front
She was so excited! I could practically hear her little heart beating out of her chest. I curled her hair and put on some tinted lip gloss. I knew these memories would be [...]
To Myself, On The Birth of My Daughter
Dear new-mom-me, You have heard people say that it is hard. You have heard people say that you can’t understand what it’s like until you’ve been through it. You have [...]
She Had Always Known Me: Remembering Poet Ntozake Shange
My children have grown accustomed to my grief. Over the years—from the death of my parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles, a beloved cousin, to those of schoolmates [...]
5 Apps to Help You Through the Holiday Season
During the holiday season songs like, Deck The Halls, have told us ’Tis the season to be jolly…’ but, what if you are feeling the complete opposite, and find yourself [...]
Sweatpants & Parenting | 6 Ways to Plan a Date Night Even When You Have Kids
When someone wants to show how much they love their significant other, it’s done through a date night in most movies or TV shows. It’s set a precedent that dates [...]
The Five Most Coffee-Loving Cities in the U.S.
American coffee has a bad reputation. The Australians seem to think that their cafe culture is king, while coffee drinkers from every country in Europe seem to think their [...]
True Stories | Chosen Family: International Adoption
At the end of our thirties and after seven years of marriage with two heartbreaking miscarriages along the way, my husband and I had reluctantly settled into the acceptance [...]
