My dream date with a fictional character? The answer is — without a doubt — Roy Kent from the TV show Ted Lasso. Yes; the so-called brunette Oscar the Grouch. There’s literally no hesitation in my mind. True to form, when I go into companies to teach wellbeing, I usually…

Santa Monica, CA is my favorite love affair. The city I repeatedly threaten to leave and often do for a few months (only to always return because I miss its magic); the city that has given me the greatest gifts in my life; and, the city that stirs everything up. …

“Are you feeling antsy?” was the first text I woke up to this morning. My answer — a resounding yes. (Followed by 🤩🚀🔥 to be specific.) I’m antsy because I’m about to go to Mexico for two weeks and have been dreaming about this trip for months. Perhaps dreaming about…

Picture it — a young HR manager in her late twenties, with a background in teaching and career counseling, has witnessed her own body relearn to walk after a brain injury she had when she was 8. As a result, she has a tremendous belief in the potential of others…

My intimacy coach once asked me, “How will you know when you are loved?” I responded with this example: Last year, I had a date over to my house and cooked us dinner. He watched as I struggled to get a Pyrex dish out of the oven with one hand…

Have you ever considered where superpowers come from? Hollywood tells us that Superman’s strength and speed are innate, Wonder Woman and Black Panther have mystical connections with deities, and Tony Stark dons a suit to become super. We have to reject this cultural definition of superpowers however and redefine the…

Have you seen my glass slipper? A few months ago, I started a blog series around the question of patience. When is patience a virtue and when is it a hindrance to progress? Or in other words, when do we accept the status quo because it is comfortable, but in…

As I was rescued from the chaos of a car accident last week, a poignant question touched my heart at its core — “So, what are you going to do with now?” What am I going to do after I escaped what could have easily been a situation with much…

When I was a little girl, one of my biggest fears was that I wouldn’t be able to get married because I couldn’t straighten my left fingers voluntarily. They lived (and continue to live) curled inward due to spasticity in my body — the unfortunate product of a brain injury…