When I was eight or nine, I saw a production of The Nutcracker on television, and fell in love with the idea of ballet. I pirouetted around the house night and day, with dreams of pink slippers in my head, [...]

As a kid, I wasn’t a talker. Silence was my friend. Except for around a few “safe” people – my family, a friend, a cousin -- I never said much. I was a kid who always knew answers in [...]

The first time I held my firstborn, mother-love bloomed fierce in me - it was the happiest moment I'd ever experienced. And love kept blooming - within five years I had three beautiful, amazing little boys. They were quite the [...]

The teacher in the quiet room tells us: “Turn off your monkey mind. Bring your attention to the moment. What do you hear, see, feel, smell, taste?” And I think: Wut? Are most people tuned out to what they hear, [...]

You read too much into everything Why can't you laugh it off Don't take it the wrong way Don't be so literal You’re too sensitive Don't get emotional You've got too wild an imagination You don’t know enough about it [...]