Tightrope Walking

Motherhood has taught me many things. One thing in particular is how pleasure and pain can exist simultaneously, and the presence of one does not mean the absence of the other, and it's okay to feel both. In fact, some of the best days I can think of throughout this journey go hand in hand …

Within Uncertainty Lies Opportunity

We find ourselves in a time of great uncertainty and with that comes great unrest. But within that uncertainty there is opportunity. There is opportunity to reexamine ourselves, the way we live our lives, conduct our business, carry out our relationships, as well as the way the world works; what was once thought of as …

Take arms, but by that I mean each other’s

From a crisis of identity, to a crisis of happiness. As it was outlined in Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, marketing shaped female identity in the 50's. Barraged by ads about hair products, makeup, clothing, dishwashers, washing machines, all the things a woman was supposed to care about, women were led into the image of …

On Identity; On Strength

Those who reinvent themselves, who emerge victoriously from the ever enclosing grasp of the tendrils of their trauma. Those who architect their rebirth, who present to the world their new form, after unwrapping and unmasking layers of socially constructed identity, to reveal who they always were. Those who stand in front of you and bare …