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The Pros and Cons of Youth Sports

If you’ve ever found yourself on the sidelines of a soccer field or sweating through a tennis tournament in the middle of July, you know that youth sports are… complicated. It starts with your kid happily picking clovers in the…

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7 Fashion Tips Every Gen Xer Needs

Middle age can make getting dressed… tricky. Bodies change, trends change, and suddenly your closet feels like it belongs to a stranger. At 49, sometimes I open my closet and feel like I’m staring into a black hole (literally, because…

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Say Your Goals Out Loud (Even If It Scares You)

Here’s a fun fact about my husband: Penn hates setting goals. Okay, hate might be too strong of a word, but he really dislikes it. Penn can sing and dance in public unapologetically. He can put on a wig and…

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What I Learned About Gen Z From My Son

I love being a Gen X Mom. I’ll proudly admit I once got very excited about a new CD tower and spent hours organizing it by genre. Our generation had to deal with calling crushes on landlines and talking to…

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The Venn Diagram Between ADHD & Perimenopause

You know what’s fun? Randomly forgetting the word “pothole” while texting someone very important life advice. (I had to completely rewrite the message because I couldn’t think of the word.) Or getting very bent out of shape because I left…

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60 Tips Before Your Kid Goes To College

I’ve always been a to-do list person. Like, color-coded tabs, shared Google Docs, packing cubes for packing cubes… that kind of person. So you can only imagine the lists I’m packing as I prepare to send my first child off…

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The Doctor Who Saved His Own Life 

There’s this phrase Penn and I say a lot when we’re overwhelmed—“It’s okay, we’re not saving lives.” It’s our go-to mantra when a video we publish flops or we can’t seem to get the lyrics exactly right. But this week…

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The Difference Between Good & Bad Anxiety

If you’ve been here a while, you know your friend Kim walks with anxiety on a daily basis. I often have thought “if I could sleep through the night, eat enough protein, and manage my anxiety and emotions, I’d be…

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5 Great Presentation Tips Anyone Can Use

As we get older, sometimes it gets harder to try new things. Especially when they may seem scary. Penn tried stand-up comedy for the first time last month and our entire family was so incredibly proud of him. He opened…

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The Particular Joy of a Mother-Son Vacation

I’m at the point in my parenting path where I can look back and notice some missed opportunities. For example, I regret not spending enough dedicated one-on-one time with either of my children.  Penn and I made a deal when…

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