My Substack
My kid Max likes to draw. Seeing as how it doesn’t require a TV or mobile device or Wii remote, I encourage him to draw his little fingers off. Lately, my husband and I have been the beneficiaries of his creative outpouring. He spends Saturday…Read More
I had a little eating problem in college. You know, I’m a girl, I’m white and middle-class, and I have overachieving tendencies. Plus, I came of age in the early 1990s, when “fat free” was the big thing. Was I really going to escape disordered…Read More
The last few weeks of the year may be filled with twinkly lights and bright-eyed kids playing with new sets of Legos, but for me, they’ve always felt like a bridge between the old and the new—between the stuff you carry with you into the new year,…Read More
It’s a ritual for me to watch Love Actually every holiday season (yes, I only like happy movies). But there are so many great scenes: Hugh Grant dancing, the dirty movie “stand-ins” and their awkward conversations, Colin Firth in the lake (any time…Read More
As you gear up for the new year (I’m SO ready for a new year), it’s time to take a fresh look at your company’s story—specifically, the opportunities out there to tell your story that you might be overlooking. Some of you are already doing a…Read More