May 21, 2025 | Life Hacks, Relationships
My phone was at 17%. I had 40 minutes until LAX. I could keep texting and drain the battery—or put it down and do something retro… like talk to another human. 📵 Pre-iPhone me used to do this all the time. I was a Chatty Cathy with every cab driver I met. I’ve heard...
Mar 19, 2025 | Career, Life Hacks
Judgement Yoga I go to hot yoga at 9 AM, where we sweat out our Bay Area neuroses onto our mats, twisting our limbs into accomplishment. Fifty of us pack into a 105-degree room, arranging our mats just far enough apart so we don’t drip sweat on each other. It’s a...
Mar 5, 2025 | Career, Life Hacks
I’ve spent much of my life on autopilot, barreling forward—until one day, I looked up and thought: Wait, am I even on the right train? Am I leveraging my true superpower, or am I just coasting on some mediocre “bleh” journey? What if there’s a more fulfilling track?...
Feb 26, 2025 | Career, Life Hacks
Liminal Spaces Spark Creativity and Transformation I have worked non-stop for over 15 years—pausing only for maternity leave. (And no, that does not count as a break. It counts as a survival course in sleep deprivation.) I was exhausted, burned out, and afraid of...
Aug 8, 2022 | Life Hacks, Mamahood
I’m turning another year older today, complete with an extra gray hair, a spare wrinkle, and a bit of rumination on the past. What went right and what went so, so wrong with many events including some unblending of a once blended family. I question God, the Devil, and...
