If I am leaving my house and crossing the river, which is like 2-3 miles away, I feel like I’m going out of town. I have to gear up for it. I’ve lived in my general vicinity my entire life. While I’ve traveled and enjoyed traveling, by the middle of the trip, I can’t wait to go home. At home, everywhere I go I know someone. It’s safe. It’s comfortable. I love the familiarity of my town, my family, my friends, my stores, my roads. I could be a walking billboard for what I call “my side of the...

I just read about how women who stay home with their kids have significantly higher cortisol and stress levels. As one of these women, I am not doubting that. It can be mentally and emotionally extremely demanding. However, I refuse to be influenced by this toxic, wallowing in self-pity mode. Our thoughts create our reality. If we are constantly thinking about how stressful our lives are, we are going to be stressed. If we are continually focused on how overwhelmed we are, we’re going to be...

Upon the release of the Epstein files, my nervous system has been cycling between fight, flight, and freeze mostly defaulting to freeze. Last week, I couldn't write. I tried, but I couldn't get any words out. I was blocked in freeze. For several weeks, I had not done yoga. I hadn't taken many walks. I hadn't gotten the boys out of the house nearly as much as I usually do. We had been hunkering down. I have been a low key "conspiracy theorist" for years and years now, so a lot of this...