You Know What? Yes, I Am a Stay-At-Home Mom—And Damn Proud.
I am not a housewife. I made this clear one angry evening after my husband unhappily came home from work to a messy house, with dirty dishes cluttering the kitchen counter tops, and a...
Author: Jennifer
5 Tips: Can Your Relationship Survive Without Sex?
I wanted to call this article something “mature” yet catchy, like “When Sex Can’t Be the Band-Aid.” My husband, however, suggested “From Ballin’ to Crawlin:’ Can Your Relationship Survive Without Sex?” Because, the thing...
And Then There Are the Women Who Drink Tequila.
This is a love note to all tequila-lovin’ women. We aren’t whores or sluts. We aren’t doing body shots in Cabo-whatever Wabo. I just made that last part up because I never have even...
You Married a Writer.
You married a writer, and I’m I sorry. I crawl inside of myself and spin out a fine web of words that—I think—make you wonder where they were, as I was passionately arguing with you...
Why Self-Love Is Not Narcissism.
I have to declare something loudly: loving oneself is not the same as being a narcissist. We’ve gotten so used, especially as women, to being expected to either be full of self-loathing or arrogant...
What You Didn’t See When You Looked at A “Skinny Mom”: A Response.
This is an open rebuttal to an extremely damaging article currently making its rounds via Scary Mommy. I’d like to first openly suggest that had this original post been written from a “skinny mom’s” perspective...
What Our Relationship with Food Says About Our Relationship with Ourselves.
I can often tell how I feel emotionally by the foods and drinks that I consume. Granted, I’m largely a healthy eater. When I say healthy eater I mean that I’m a balanced eater....
How a Smile Saved My Life.
I had the strangest day. I’m not sure that I can even begin to go into it, really—it was so weird. But I was standing at the counter in a chiropractor’s office—who isn’t my...
How to Know You’ve Had Too Much Facebook & 7 Things to Do Instead.
Facebook and social media can be addicting. Studies have actually shown a similar activation within the brain as with drugs. Yet many of us aren’t necessarily addicted to, let’s say Facebook, as we are...
Why Being an Empath Isn’t Always a Good Thing.
There’s a new “it” word that seems to be everywhere lately. That word is “empath.” An empath is someone who can feel the emotional and mental state of someone else—an empath isn’t entirely separate...
