Bitch, breathe!

Winter solstice! One of my favorite times of the year because it means the days are getting longer again and the light is returning and even though our calendars are telling us winter is coming, don't fret-so is the light! In this episode I wanted to look at just that: The dark side in all of us.

PMS. How to come up with a toolset to not just get this dreaded time of the month over with but to unleash its full creative and manifestational power.

Ah, happiness! The single most sought-after life mission-probably the world over. Curated instagram performances, noteworthy facebook feeds, we've become so used to spinning our stories and lives in a positive way that some of us (me!) sometimes forget that we don't have to be happy and live the most perfected version of ourselves 24/7! In psychology this phenomenon of not accepting negativity and instead spin-doctoring it into a positive narrative is referred to as "toxic positivity". How can we make room for the not-so-perfect decision or action we took without feeling like we've somehow failed at life's ultimate promise and goal. Here are some of the ways I've tried to combat the happiness mandate. How do you experience the happiness dictatorship, lemme know!

Curated instagram performances, noteworthy facebook feeds, we've become so used to spinning our stories and lives in a positive way that some of us (me!) sometimes forget that we don't have to be happy and live the most perfected version of ourselves 24/7! In psychology this phenomenon of not accepting negativity and instead spin-doctoring it into a positive narrative is referred to as "toxic positivity". Here are some of the ways I've tried to combat the happiness mandate.

In this episode of Bitch, breathe! we get real about being really angry, or to put it in the immortal words of L'il Kim: "No more Mrs. nice Bitch." What does female aggression look like?

Single and not loving it.  That was me. I have been single for parts of each decade of my life but somehow, in my forties, I couldn't stand it and, even weirder to me, I was super-surprised to find myself here.

As promised here comes part II of the double episode on aging and age. Daunting, as it might seem, here's where we delve into the whole idea of actually BEING old and what we can do not just to prepare for this time but to look at whatever fears we might have around our own mortality. This episode is less about dealing with the loss of loved ones, to be sure, and a lot more about getting real smart about getting real old.

In this episode we'll tackle all the issues around aging and growing old(er). What are some of the ways we can take care and value ourselves at a time when we no longer have immediate youth on our side and our lives may not necessarily have turned out the way we thought they would (mostly thank Goodness!). What are some of our superpowers and what could our own personal legacy look like?

In this episode we get up close and personal to mom. Why does she always

do that? Why do we always feel like we can never live up to her

expectations? Why do we still try, even as adults? The mother-daughter

relationship is a powerful one that, if we don't find a way to heal or

at least accept it as is, can hurt badly, and for a very long time.

In episode 2 of Bitch, Breathe! we explore what we can do when we're constantly repeating unwanted dating patterns because somewhere in our childhood, dad was not around, not emotionally available or simply just not ideal daddy material. How do we still find a good partner when we have always felt a little more attracted to the "bad ones"? Find out in this all-new episode of Bitch, breathe!