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Anxiety: A Tale of Two Me’s

My Instagram friend, Amanda (@momof1anddone) and I went live the other night to talk about our anxiety. She shared something that she learned from her therapist- “What am I gonna do today for future me?” “What will future me appreciate?” I immediately thought to myself- 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙨! Every night, the sink has to be empty […]

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Can a Mama Get a Mamaste’?

Momaste’. 🧘‍♀️ Yesterday, I took one. My husband brought our kids to his parents’ house for the day and I was left to my own devices (for the first time in recent memory!). Should I work out? 🤔 Namaste in bed (but just for an extra hour). Next? Coffee. Two of them. ☕️ ☕️ And

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I was that mom.

Today, I was 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 mom. You know the one. You’ve judged her- that mom on her phone, completely disengaged and unaware of her children’s endless requests to “watch 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨!” I was her. She was me. We were one. You see, we’re on the second day of an out-of-state move with my 3 and 5 year-old

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What’s The Thing?

What’s the thing? You know the thing. The thing you’ve always thought about doing but never got around to/talked yourself out of doing. . . The thing you’ve let go of. . . The thing that you’re picturing right now. As we embark on this new year, I challenge you to do the thing. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩

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Mat Talk

On a recent episode of Netflix’s CHEER in what I saw as an attempt to motivate, a girl “off mat” voices that “it’s hard to watch you guys (on mat) cry and complain when that’s where we (off mat) all want to be. We would give anything to be out there.” I feel you, girlfriend.

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Put on the Leopard Jumpsuit

Three years ago, today, I booked a shoot for Northern Virginia Style magazine. I was six months postpartum with my son and not really feeling like myself yet. When I arrived on set, I saw a pile of clothes for me and at the top was a leopard one-piece jumpsuit.😳 I remember looking at the

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Who Run the World? Girls.

On this #internationalwomensday, I want to give much-deserved respect to a few women who have made a difference in my life and some who have truly inspired me with what they’ve built. Julia Ziegler (The girl-BOSS program director of WTOP News) You called me up and gave me a show on PodcastOne! Thank you for

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Enough About You

Sending my girl into her classroom hit a little differently this morning. But hey, back to you! Did you sleep ok? Hopefully, it’s comforting to know that you still have the right to go and buy an assault rifle if you should ever feel the urge. Hell, you’re an American! No one can take your

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Moderation on Vacation

I spent last week on a beach vacation with my family. We’ve been going to Pensacola Beach ever since my husband trained there one NFL off-season and so many of our trips there prominently featured the boardwalk frozen margarita bar behind me in this picture. I’d drink multiple 32 oz frozen margaritas with Grand Mariner

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