I’d love to see this happening more in the world — My deepest hope is that more women support women. Unfortunately, it’s not always natural for this to happen. Many women have had unpleasant experiences of tearing each other down. Ugly competitiveness and petty drama amongst women, whether in the workplace or in life. Just think of those stereotypical “mean girls.” …

Maybe we can embrace us lazy folk too — I have this internal tug of war all the time. A constant push and pull between being “productive” and being “lazy”. My reality is that I’m inherently lazy by nature. I like being a sloth. I adore my slow mornings where I roll around. …

I would not be here today if it weren’t for fate — I’ve had a heavy heart lately. My grandmother is currently in the hospital. She has late-stage dementia and hasn’t eaten anything for two months. I dropped everything to drive 12 hours to see her, possibly for the last time. Seeing my grandmother this past week has inspired me to write…

There’s definitely a better way — Stats are important. But, getting into them too much can be counterproductive. Out of the hundreds of times I’ve checked my Medium stats, I can say that I’ve probably been excited or happy only a handful of times. All the other times, I felt a resounding “not good enough” chant…

Come join our awesome editing team! — UPDATE: I’m so excited that we have confirmed 2 new editors who have joined our team (intros coming soon)! If you missed the call-out this time, please feel free to reach out so I can let you know when we’ll next grow the team. Modern Women is growing! It’s so…

It’s time to celebrate our weirdness — When I grew up, I didn’t want to be weird. Weird was a label for the misfits, the outsiders, the ones on the fringes. It was a label to be avoided like the plague. As a teenager, all I cared about was fitting in with my friends. I would do…

A poem of my story from childhood to motherhood — She entered the world with a whisper. A soft flare who was up to something great. She rolled and tumbled for 9 whole months, feeling the safest evermore. She burst into the world with a war cry, thrust into the cold so suddenly, so abruptly. She opened her eyes and…

What’s the remedy for it? — For as long as I can remember, I’ve always had this natural ability to put myself in someone else’s shoes. Sometimes this ability has plagued me — when I forgo my own needs over another’s — but for the most part, it’s a beautiful way to live when you’re extremely…