How to handle crisis
The world is in crisis. For many or most of you, daily life looks drastically different right now. Your kids are home from school (indefinitely); you’re working from home (or trying to); restaurants are shut down, grocery store shelves are empty, and toilet paper is sold out everywhere. Fear is trying to take hold. During [...]
giving + receiving {my birthday fundraiser}
In September I went horse whispering in California with my wonderful coach, Katherine North. I caught sight of one horse, and I walked over to him and laid my hand on his forehead, right between his eyes. The horse pressed his head into my hand as I pressed my hand into his head. Time stopped. [...]
Build From Desire
When was the last time you played? In our culture, we tend to think that as an adult, “play” means to lie inert on a beach towel drinking a margarita. Besides the fact that most of us can only access this kind of vacation vibe once a year at most, we are missing out on [...]
The Magic of 2020
I am SO excited to welcome in a brand-new year and a brand-new decade. The past few years for me have been about letting go of what isn’t working. This year I’m getting ready to welcome in lots of brand-new things that are AWESOME. It’s sort of like how you have to let go of [...]
Did anyone else have a big, beautiful, brutal year?
Did anyone else have a big, beautiful, brutal 2019? For me, it was a year of big change. Beautiful transformation. And yes, many brutal things - brutal honesty, brutal growing pains. But as Glennon Doyle says, life is brutiful. The brutal and the beautiful often go hand-in-hand. This year has been a year of asking [...]
Are you one of our 10?
I’m gathering 10 clients for 2020 in Jersey City who are ready to transform their homes from top to bottom and are prepared to partner with a team they can trust. Here’s the letter I wrote to these 10 people I have yet to meet - maybe this is you. Read on to find out. [...]
the challenge of asking for support
Have you ever stopped yourself from asking for help because… I should be able to do this on my own. No one else will do it right. Good [moms/employees/entrepreneurs/daughters] don’t ask for help. Or maybe you’ve thought that if you ask for support you’re a failure. That needing help means you’re not good at what [...]
Avoid the #1 home renovation mistake we see. {FLASH SALE}
In 13 years of helping homeowners renovate (and hearing horror stories of projects gone wrong), we’ve seen and heard it all. But the #1 mistake we see homeowners making in the renovation process isn’t choosing the wrong contractor, or going off-budget, or trying to do the work themselves. The #1 mistake we see is failing [...]
beauty + connection
Here’s what I know to be true: the two things that make life worth living are beauty and connection. Beauty in your physical space: design choices that make your heart smile; artwork and photos that showcase your true personality; mementoes, flowers or candles that add the perfect finishing touch. Connection with your fellow human beings: [...]
Trusting the process
Have you ever panicked halfway through a project and tried to back out? Maybe you wanted to drop out of that graduate degree program because it just felt too hard. Exit a new relationship because you felt too vulnerable letting someone in. Refuse a promotion that felt too stretchy. Or … cancel a home renovation [...]