Women Who Made Me

March is Women’s History Month, and it also happens to be my birthday month. My birthday is the day after International Women’s Day. I like to joke that we celebrate all women, and then all of that good will and energy created me. I started my podcast in December, and there were several women who […]

Time is on my Mind

Our relationships with time are complicated. Thinking about my own relationship has become a necessity and something I can’t escape.

Is Self-Care Important?

Spoiler Alert: Yes, Self-Care is Important. I almost hate talking and writing about Self-Care because of how it has been turned into a gimmick. It has become a quick note of something that you should do to survive a difficult phase, or something an employer tells its employees to do without giving them the actual […]

Why The Mddl

All the marketing courses and gurus want me to really solidify my why so that I can ground all of my marketing content to serve that mission. I have written little snippets here and there, but I sat down to write something for myself and realized, why don’t I write it for everyone! If you […]

Middle of the Day Nap

Yes, I am shamelessly using a puppy napping because that is the tone of this essay.

Digging Deeper on 100 Things That Make Me Happy

Lacey Smiling

With the downer that has been my past few week’s posts, and in honor of Support from The Mddl releasing this week, I thought I would look deeper at one of my exercises in it. A few years ago, my sweet friend Zac challenged me to make a list of 100 things that Make Me […]

Being Too Much

For a woman who thinks about the middle a lot, I certainly struggle with the concept of moderation. Maybe this is just another reason why I struggle with the middle.

Grieving Myself

We say goodbye to old versions of ourselves all the time. Many times we grieve our old selves without acknowledging it.

New Year, Same Me

You’d think, as a woman who struggles with the middle, I would love the New Year. I don’t.

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Creat a Joy Ripple

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