Hi. Hello. It's me, the marketer who doesn't write in her own blog.It's something I think about just about every day, of course. I start the day with good intentions, and other things get in the way.Mostly myself.The last six and a half months have rocked me to my very core. I have been tested repeatedly, watching my parents separate, losing my job, issues within my own marriage, on top of the day-to-day struggles of being a full-time working parent of two active boys. Throw in financing an emergency appendectomy without insurance (so fun!), and one might understand my desire to stay in my bed and never come out.I have felt like a failure more times than I care to admit.As a parent, as a wife, as a daughter, as a friend. I try so hard to offer empathy and compassion to …
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Unencumbering My Old Nonsense
Growth.That was my word for 2017.Even when I didn't want it. Especially when I didn't want it. This was the year that forced me to face some pretty terrifying demons. I've learned more about myself this year than I have in the past ten.I met (and learned from) some incredible people.I moved into my dream house.I started the year with one job. Then accepted another part-time job. Then accepted another full-time job. Then quit the part time job. Then was let go from my full-time job. Then accepted another amazing job.The ups and downs of the job changes alone were intense.But this was the year my family changed. The year we have our new normal. 2017 is the year that my parents are no longer together.Saying that it's been hard is a colossal understatement. …
Today I am saying “yes” to…
In Jen Pastiloff's retreats and workshops, she has a prompt that asks: What are you saying "yes" to?In our lives, we say no to so much. Fear, anxiety, and depression keep us from saying yes even when we want to, and I am no stranger to saying no because yes is far too scary sometimes.Since the last time I wrote, my world has been turned upside-down. Those that know why, thank you for being there. Those that don't yet know, you will, in time.If that seems too vague and like something an asshole would say, that could be accurate. But there are times where we deal with things that are so painful that the only way to start talking about them is with ambiguous sweeping statements like the ones I just typed above.But this isn't a post to write nebulous statements that make little …