Tripped Advisor
impressionista's podcast
My daughter has reached the "mean girls" stage in her life and I find myself struggling with advice to offer her. Lately I've been trying to figure out my approach that will both comfort her... and give her tools to deal with the inevitable bitches.
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Had to Choke to Get Woke
impressionista's podcast
Confidence is a tricky thing and often its timing is less than ideal... at least for me. But last year a slip on stage caused me many days of mental strife that perhaps I wasn't worthy of my dream. Big mistake.
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Dear Paul...
impressionista's podcast
Marriage is hard, I don't care who you are. Being married to me is no picnic and it was high time to admit that to my husband in a Valentine's Day post.
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If You Film It, I Will Come
impressionista's podcast
Movies were my first method of escapism. In this blogcast, I talk about some that were a huge influence in my life.
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I'm Taking a Ride with My Best Friend
impressionista's podcast
When my best friend in the whole world didn't ask me to be her maid of honor, something I had taken for granted our entire friendship, I needed to understand why. I was forced to look into my track record as a bad friend. It was not easy, but I'm thankful for the lesson.
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The Good Wife
impressionista's podcast
By the time I realized how much I had let myself go in my relationship, my heart was too broken to allow my mind to change course. As I re-evaluated my self-worth, I needed to face the fact that the imbalance in power in my marriage was caused by my fixation on who made most of the cash. After a decade of marriage, I had to change that mindset in order to feel good again.
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Why So Seriousaaahhh??
impressionista's podcast
Being a grown-up can be a lot of fun, but we inevitably fall victim to all the boring shit that comes along with adding more rings to our trunks. I'm trying to keep that inner child alive at all times as a form of self-care that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
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Tripped Advisor
impressionista's podcast
When mean girls arrived in my daughter's life, a flood of memories came back about my own experience with school bitches. In this post I talk about how scared I am to guide her through this awful, but necessary stage in life.
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Old Yeller
impressionista's podcast
Yelling has been a release my whole life, but not one that I'm proud of. When I married my husband, my yelling background became a problem and even more-so after I had children. My struggle with finding the calm when I want to yell is ongoing, but necessary. Deeeeep breaths.
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I Can't Hurry Love
impressionista's podcast
I never realized how lucky my first love experience was until I heard so many horror stories from friends about their first loves. To Greg, my first love who taught me my worth.
info_outlineGrowing up an Indian kid in a white suburb of Detroit was an experience I hadn't reflected too much on until writing this post. Living a sort of double-life in order to belong was my normal and certainly has an impact on the way I navigate through life today.