My friend Nancy at “Time Well Spent” encouraged me to submit an opinion to www.realbeautyis.com about my opinions on what REAL beauty is.  I wanted to share my submission with you… Real Beauty is… the courage to stand up for what you believe in, extending a hand (or more) to help those in need experiencing [...] Read More

I never thought that I would use the phrases “flaming butt” and “unconditional love” in the same sentence, but as it happens, I just did. Last night, my sister, Alicia, felt highly motivated to strategize a way to get me into the bathtub full of Epsom salts to help heal my back.  Having missed my [...] Read More

Had I not carried this child for 9 months and been fully conscious (perhaps too conscious) when I birthed her, I could not claim her as my own. We never have to ask Malina to do her homework, clean her room or do her laundry (at age 8).  She’s organized and responsible, detail-oriented and prone [...] Read More

Here’s a quick vid to start your week off with a laugh. And quite possibly a craving for chocolate. It’s an excerpt from my one-woman show called “Womanhood: The Divine Comedy.”  Enjoy… By the way, the new comedy tour will start in Spokane in September, this one with all new stories, many from my new [...] Read More

It dawned on me this week that I’ve subjected some of my long-term staff members and colleagues to really unfortunate opportunities to bond with me.  I’m a fairly transparent person about much of my life (who wouldn’t be when they tell their deepest, darkest secrets to tens of thousands of people each year from the [...] Read More

Hmmmm….as I’ve always suspected.  A single moment really can change everything: “Most of the time, we fail to realize the enormous potential of a moment.  Perhaps this is because we think of a moment as a very short amount of time–just a few seconds–and therefore rather negligible.  But the word ‘moment’ actually comes from a [...] Read More

“Resilience is our ability to ‘bounce back’ from stress or challenges.  It isn’t born from safety or security, and it isn’t cultivated from complacency or self-criticism. Instead, it’s nurtured by taking reasonable risks and by trying out new ways of thinking and acting.  It’s fostered through equal parts challenge and creativity, practice and patience.” How [...] Read More

Here I sit, nearly incapacitated by pain.  And bathed in bacon. An unexpected flare-up of last year’s back injury left me weeping uncontrollably to my chiropractor on the phone last night and nearly talking in tongues to the kids’ summer nanny trying to explain that I needed her to take my shoes off for me [...] Read More

So I’m sitting here in Ephrata, WA (yes, the Palm Desert of the Inland Northwest) with my 87, nearly 88, year old Grandma (who would be most chagrined that I shared that with the world, though she doesn’t look a day over 70). We’re drinking coffee and having strawberry shortcake for breakfast (which my Aunt [...] Read More

Well, you’re looking at the first copy, hot off the press, of Laugh, Cry, Eat Some Pie!  It’s not available until August 3rd (except in my home, where I’ve taken to strapping it to my body in a rather disturbing commitment to effectively bond with it).  Writing a book is kind of like birthing a [...] Read More