The Space Between: What Spain Keeps Teaching Me About Success
In Granada, I relearned what I keep forgetting: productivity isn’t about speed. Sometimes the most important work is waiting for the bill and getting lost on purpose.
Frenzy ≠ Productivity: What I learned by saying “no”
At IDEO, we were often told to resemble ducks. No matter how hard we were paddling underwater, we should look serene and glide gracefully above the surface where everyone could see us. Was I tried to look serene but was still the frenetic duck. My wings thrashing, my...
What I’m Grateful to AI For This Thanksgiving
A humorous take on modern AI dependency—from rewriting co-parent texts to late-night TV analysis spirals. What happens when artificial intelligence becomes your overeager life coach? One parent’s satirical gratitude list.
Dancing out of Perfection
When a dance floor in San Francisco taught me more about success than a decade of striving Perfection crazed much? Well, something about being in your 40s forces you to look back on your life. The mistakes, the missed opportunities, the things that slipped away versus...
Dating in Your 40’s: Stop Chasing Fireworks. Start Building Fireplaces
“From fireworks to fireplaces: why dating at 40 means choosing stability over sparks. A working parent’s guide to standing in love, not falling.”
What My Daughter’s Halloween Costume Taught Me About Authenticity
Authenticity at work and home? It's all about the snakes.... I'm sitting on my living room floor with Vivi, hot-gluing rubber snakes to a black swim cap. We've been at this for an hour. The glue isn't strong enough for the heavy serpents, and they keep dropping to the...
Navigating A Relationship Transition with Grace: Personal and Professional
I go crazy each holiday. I have multiple bins of Fourth of July, Valentines, Easter, Halloween and Christmas decor that would make Santa's workshop jealous. After each holiday, I carefully wrap each decoration like I'm tucking babies into bed, lovingly placing them...
Graceful Goodbyes: How to End Relationships and Jobs
Sometimes your future is written in your goodbyes. “Two days after she told me she loved me, she shouted that she couldn't stand me and so I kicked her out of my house and slammed the door. For good,” my friend Karl said, processing a heavy breakup. Do you have fiery...
Why I’m carting my 7 year old around Portugal
🚋 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝗶𝗱𝘀 🚅 This week, I'm in Portugal with my daughter. She's learning how to say obrigada, slurping her first razor clam, and enchanted by everything that feels…well…different. Travel isn't just a change of scene; it's a crash course in...
The Productivity Myth: What If Distraction Is Actually Useful?
I was listening to the Ezra Klein podcast while folding my daughter's 47th unicorn t-shirt when Kathryn Schulz said something that made me stop mid-fold. She was talking about the philosopher William James and how he described thoughts like birds: "Sometimes they're...