It’s the most wonderful time of the year, right? I don’t know about you, but the holidays have whacked me upside the head this year. December has been like this: Go to stuff at the kids’ school! Buy Christmas presents! Host my entire family at my house! Christmas...
Oh, yes, Christmas isn’t even here yet and we’re already thinking of everything that we’re going to be doing as soon as January 1 comes around. We’ll be thinner! Yay! We’ll be more organized! Yes, me! We’ll resolve to have more money and know our purpose in life! All...
Many cultures in the world have some version of Halloween, an All Hallow’s Eve, a night in which the limens are thin; the dead can walk and spirits can speak. Think for a moment of all of the things that we use to symbolize Halloween: graves, skeletons, pieces...
Most of you know by now that I’ve overcome a lot in my life in order to be where I am today. My story isn’t tragic. It’s just the sort of everyday tragedy of living inside of The Gray Box. Maybe you’re like I was once. You’re not exactly depressed, but you’re also not...
You might be wondering why I’m writing about exercise. After all, this is a you-deserve-a-kick-ass-life blog, not a health blog. But you can’t separate mental health from physical health – even though our medical system would like to convince us otherwise. And for me,...
(Don’t worry, I won’t tell you how it ends!) Essentially, the plot of the movie is that an overworked and underappreciated mom, played by Mila Kunis, learns that her husband is cheating, and when she’s asked to take on yet another responsibility (the PTA’s Bake Sale...
