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Motherhood and the Loss of Identity, Inappropriateness, and Impulsivity

You know all those things they don’t tell you about becoming a parent until it’s too late? The necessary self-editing has been the most jarring one for me. Here’s an experiment that will communicate this parenting struggle: Take a couple of your favorite rated R movies and then edit them down to be appropriate for… Continue reading Motherhood and the Loss of Identity, Inappropriateness, and Impulsivity

6 Tips on How to Have the Best BravoCon Experience

Before you buy those 2022 BravoCon tickets, read up… As a Bravo fanatic, the inaugural BravoCon in 2019 was an amazing experience, well worth every penny (and there were A LOT of pennies). As an inaugural event, I was incredibly impressed at the seamless production, logistics, and overall event staff – all of whom came… Continue reading 6 Tips on How to Have the Best BravoCon Experience

How Howard Stern Helped Soothe My 8 Year Old Daughter’s Anxiety

How my anxious child was helped when I got hypnosis therapy. When my husband told me that I might be causing my daughter’s intense separation anxiety, I wanted to hold his head underwater. After all, he was the one that passed the anxiety gene down to her. I am the cool, laid back, easygoing person in our house. They are the… Continue reading How Howard Stern Helped Soothe My 8 Year Old Daughter’s Anxiety

I Thought I Was Dying. Then They Put Something in My Ass.

I was always tired, moody, and in pain and it turns out my hormones were to blame. Three years ago, I spent many a night online trying to diagnose the malady ravaging my body. Lupus…MS…Muscular Dystrophy…brain tumors…bone cancer…I was certain there was something terribly wrong with me. I knew the diagnosis was dire given I… Continue reading I Thought I Was Dying. Then They Put Something in My Ass.

I Was in a Cult. Those That Told Me So, Only Made Me More Zealous.

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If someone you love is trapped in a cult or deep in conspiracy theories, you might not want to tell them so. I originally wrote this piece for a local newspaper weeks before the 2020 election. I held it back, perhaps in an act of cowardice, for fear that it might do precisely the opposite… Continue reading I Was in a Cult. Those That Told Me So, Only Made Me More Zealous.

8 Important Points to Remember When Talking to your Children about Sexual Abuse

I spoke on a panel about sexual abuse last week. One of the questions we received: How can parents properly educate their children about sexual abuse? It was a discussion that I wish every parent could hear. Here were some of my notes… 1.Stranger danger conversations are important to have. But the primary conversation needs to… Continue reading 8 Important Points to Remember When Talking to your Children about Sexual Abuse

Being white saved my life

This post was originally published in a group newsletter I manage in June 2020. Dear Fellow White People, I don’t know about you, but being white has saved my life.  White privilege is not an absence of hardship or struggle, it just means our whiteness hasn’t contributed to any of our woes.  My childhood and… Continue reading Being white saved my life