Elephant Journal Columns
5 Stages to Empowerment: How I Find Joy within Life’s Limitations.
Less Truly is More: How my 300-Square-Foot Home taught me the Beauty of Tiny Living.
9 Quirky & Offbeat Approaches to Boosting our Mental Well-Being.
An Introvert’s Refuge: How I find my Zen amid the Pandemonium of Live Sports.
7 More Effective & Comforting Alternatives than saying “This Too Shall Pass.”
How Taylor Swift taught me to be Gracious & Resilient in the Face of Disappointment.
Decoding “Womansplaining”—How to Navigate Unwanted Advice when all we want is Understanding.
Living with the “Monica Geller” Within: Navigating my Decade-Long Journey with OCD.
Surviving & Thriving: 5 Lessons in Gratitude as I enter the Next Year of my Healing Journey.
The Power of “No”—when Friendships are Tested & Redefined by a Single Word.
5 More Mindful Financial Wellness Tips that helped me Gain Stability & Freedom.
5 Mindful Financial Wellness Tips that helped me Gain Stability & Freedom.
11 Grief Quotes that are helping me Heal during the dreaded Anniversary of my Loss.
I’m a Bore, I’m totally Uncool & I’m A-Okay with That.
11 Quotes on Hope that are Giving me Strength during these Dark & Devastating Times.
One Valuable Lesson I’ve learned as a College Professor.
How 30 Minutes & a WhatsApp Message kept me from Being in Israel on October 7th.
Behold, the Incredible Joys of being Mansplained.
5 Reasons you won’t Find me Bashing Gen Z.
This Profound Billy Bob Thornton Quote made my Grieving Heart feel Seen.
I Finally Embraced these 3 Basic Truths & it led me Closer to Enlightenment.
Why Doing the Right Thing is Not Always the Right Thing to Do.
Walking the Walk: 5 Key Life Lessons from the Inspiring Warren Buffett.
The Tough Path to Parenthood: Why Single Women Continue to Face obstacles when trying to Adopt.
5 Alternatives to Traditional Meditation & how they’ve Helped me Find Peace.
When a Choice leaves us Feeling Satisfied—& Full of Regret.
8 Cheap Thrills that Allow me to live a Happy & Fulfilling Life.
How the “Rule of 5 Little Things” is Allowing me to be More Courageous & Face Life Head-On.
I Don’t Like Getting Old but I’m No longer Scared of Aging.
Introvert or Extrovert: Thoughts from Someone who Travels between these Worlds Regularly.
When Being Loved isn’t Enough: How to Find your People after Grief & Loss.
This Year, I’m Determined to be More Kind & Forgiving—to Myself.
Saying “If I can do it, so can you” is Not Nearly as Encouraging as we Think.
I Didn’t Realize how much I Missed Speaking Multiple Languages until I couldn’t do it Anymore.
Why I’ll Never be the Kind of Woman who Prefers having Male Friends.
I may Never Know what I Want—but I Finally Know what I Don’t Want.
Life & Time wait for No One: 5 Things I was Crazy about a Decade Ago that I No Longer Use.
A 6-Word Phrase that Annoys the F*ck Out of Me when all I’m Looking for is Support.
Routines vs Rituals—& why we Need Both to Live a Peaceful Life.
9 (More) Quotes that showed me I can Be Alone, Feel Lonely & Still Be Okay.
Navigating Two Lives: How I Found Myself somewhere between Individual Culture & Collective Culture.
Surrogacy: A Godsend to women or Taking the easy way out?
Doing Wellness Right: How I Grade myself on the 6 Pillars of Personal Well-Being.
Yes, I can be Vapid & Frivolous. No, I won’t Apologize for It.
11 Gut-Wrenching Quotes that are teaching me How to Forgive.
When Nostalgia Strikes: Why I (sometimes) Miss the Lost Art of Letter Writing.
3 (More) Types of Courage that can help us Master whatever Sh*t Life throws our Way.
3 Types of Courage that can help us Master whatever Sh*t Life throws our Way.|
“It’s Not Me. It’s You.”—the Surprising Emotion I felt after Breaking Up with a Once Close Friend.
10 Quotes that showed me I can Be Alone, Feel Lonely & Still Be Okay.
Why the Best Gift we can give is a Heartfelt Compliment—& 10 Unique Ones to Share.
We’re Never “Too Old to Change”—We just have to Want it Bad Enough.
Stopping to Smell the Roses: What Finally convinced me to Start Living in the Moment.
15 Life-Changing Quotes that helped me Understand (& Check) my Own Privilege.
Orange may be the New Black. But is Chelsea Handler the New…Kindness?
15 Quotes that Inspired me to Stop being a Jerk & Start being more Kind.
Why we Shouldn’t Take the High Road or the Low Road but should always Take the Smart Road.
10 Life-Changing Quotes that taught me to Be Still, Be Happy & Own my Place in the World.
Why I hate Jeff Bezos & the Waltons but still shop at Amazon & Walmart.
How becoming Emotionally Independent gave me permission to Live a Bold, Brave Life.
6 Heartbreaking Outcomes of Grief that Nobody Prepares you For.
These 10 Quotes on Grief Wrecked me & then put me Back Together.
Don’t Wait for Tomorrow—Why we should Start Documenting our Loved Ones’ Lives Today.
Can we (& should we) Forgive the Other Woman?
Why it’s Okay to be Strong AF & still want to be Taken Care of (at least Sometimes).
Why Women need to Fight to Hold on to Women-Centric Professions.
Is Sisterhood only about Supporting Women or should it Call Women Out as Well?
Why I won’t Tolerate Society’s BS Double Standard toward Single Women Anymore.
We Don’t have to Forgive or Forget to Move the F*ck On.
Ghosting: Lack of Courtesy or a Gen Z Thing?
Why we Need to Stop Shaming Older Moms (Seriously).
I’m no Longer a Black & White or a Shades of Grey Person (& I’m Not Sorry About It).
Remembering these 2 truths Helped me Navigate Grief.
The Real, Heartbreaking Reason why I can Never be a Volunteer.
I Never want to Retire, but I want to be Financially Secure.
Why Using the word F*ck is Cathartic (& Good for You).
The Love of my Life isn’t my Soul Mate—& I’m A-OK with That.|
Friendship Ghosting is Real (& Yes, Women still Dump their Girlfriends—for a Dude)
The Insidious Nature of Racism can Turn even a Good Person Bad
Choosing to live here was the Best Decision of my Life!
Ladies, Before you Travel Solo, ask yourself this One Important Question.
Let’s Talk about Age-Inappropriate Relationships & the Casual Misogyny of it All.
Bad Boys: Why we Fall for them (& why “I can change him” Never Works).
12 almost Painless Steps to getting a Successful Travel Visa