How I Knew It Was Time to Start Our Own Holiday Tradition
It was the Sunday after Thanksgiving a few years ago when I knew things had to change. I was dreading going back to work the…
Concrete Ways to Get Better at Making Decisions
“Wow, I hope this isn’t really how people see me,” I thought at a recent training at work. We were watching a video that reviewed…
4 Unique and Helpful Gifts for Your Friend With a New Baby
When my husband and I welcomed our second child this past spring, we found ourselves even more exhausted than with our first. The first few…
The Beginner’s Guide to Getting Outside
When I relocated to south central Pennsylvania after college, one of the first things I noticed was the endless beauty of the region in the…
How to Be a More Respectful, Culturally Sensitive, and Conscious Tourist
When I studied abroad in Seville, Spain, my program was very strict about students only speaking Spanish, requiring it in the program office and encouraging…
6 Ways to Build Your Tribe in a New Place
The summer after college, I was living the new-grad dream. I had secured a job at a nonprofit in Dallas and was spending my summer…
Learning to Deal When You’re in over Your Head
Looking back, I wonder what I looked like sitting there. Was my attempt at mastering a “fake it ‘til you make it” mentality working? Or…
Tough Transitions: How I Dealt When All My Post-Graduate Plans Fell Apart
To say it was hot out was an understatement. It was mid-afternoon in late July, and the sun was shining at peak strength. I was…
What Happened When I Put Down My Phone and Picked up a Book
Go somewhere new, try something new, and read something new. Those were the monthly commitments I made to myself at the start of the year.…
Get a Move On: 6 Tips to Minimize Stress on Moving Day
“Unfortunately, there’s nothing we can do for it,” the doctor said as I sat in my college’s Health Services office. It seemed that my toe,…
