Rene Clarke and I have a meaningful conversation about how much our friends and neighbors need us to speak up for change, how hopeful we are for that reform and how being afraid of what others think can hold us back from being part of the solution.

We are talking about racism in children and how that is a taught behavior. Also, her experience through the 92 LA riots, how women can make a difference for racial equality, and what our voice is in that.

Part three of my conversation with my sweet friend Jenn Cooper. She’s a Mama, she’s a professional, she’s an activist, she’s black and she MATTERS!

Part two of my conversation with my sweet friend, Jenn Cooper. She’s a Mama, a professional, an activist, she’s Black and she really matters.

Part one of my conversation with my sweet girlfriend, Jenn Cooper. She’s a Mama, a professional, an activist, she’s black and she really matters!

Some thoughts and memories from my childhood with my Mama, JoAnn Zotterelli Edward

I started dieting when I was a young kid and it was some of my first memories. Over the years I’ve tried so many different things, and in recent years I finally found something that I feel like works for me and suits my lifestyle.

In this episode I’m recording while hiding under my covers from my family of seven. Let just all admit that Momming is a super rewarding, incredible experience. Those of us who’ve been down that road know that it’s a true gift. It’s also thankless, irritating and draining. In this episode I chat about wanting more, needing a creative outlet and how that’s perfectly normal and ok to feel this way. Enjoy!

Any moody person knows you’ve got to rule your thoughts to rule your day! The brain will just take you to crazy town right now if you let it! Here’s how I turn my bad days around and choose my thoughts, which dictate my actions. We got this!

How conversations with my Father, who was long ago preparing with his fellow classmates to go serve his country in Vietnam, has really helped to put the COVID-19 crisis into perspective. There is nothing wrong with feeling my feelings. I can’t deny that I feel down about my children missing out on the end of their senior year, eighth grade year and school year. It is interesting to have such a profound perspective shift when I realize that at least my children get to stay home and be bored and watch Netflix.