Dear New Years Resolutions. IT’S BEEN REAL. But, we’re breaking up now… Let’s be honest — we spent the first week of 2016 aiming to look like Blake Lively, while dreaming big like #girlboss Jessica Alba, all while eating SO. MUCH. KALE. And now… you just want a donut. We all want a freaking donut. So, I […]

Happy Monday! I hope you’re all feeling rested post-holiday. My family and I just arrived in St. Barths, where we’ll be spending New Years again. It’s beautiful! I spent the flight over looking back on 2015. Over the last year, this little oasis of mine became my full-time work. That meant bringing on Katie as […]

Merry Christmas [and merry everything], my sweet readers! My family and I are spending the morning together eating too many sweets [oopsie]. My note to you is short today. Simply, I wanted to send you my love. Whether you’re wildly happy, terribly heartbroken, overworked, or underworked — rest your mind and indulge in gratefulness. Find peace in […]

Happy Thanksgiving week! Food coma prep already started, so now I can focus on the holiday’s other purpose: gratefulness… [let’s be real — you thought about the food first, too]. As you indulge in stuffing and sweet potatoes this week, be someone others are grateful for. Smile at strangers whose spirits are broken. Call your family. […]

Happy Monday. Have you spiked your coffee yet? [I won’t tell your boss]. Spiked or not, Mondays can really drag if you’re feeling uninspired. I was having one of those Mondays a few weeks ago. Nothing felt particularly new, or motivating, or enlightening. I feared my routine was clouding my creativity; my norms were dragging […]

I’m feeling sleepier today than on most Mondays. I think it’s all the dancing [and maybe the dirty martinis] at my cousin’s wedding this weekend. Over one of those martinis, my grandmother said she missed me. My heart broke. She misses me?  I’ve been traveling a lot and working longer hours than normal. Hence, why I […]