A version of the following post was previously published in The Fresno Bee on March 31, 2018. This winter was long. Extra long. Like, crying-in-the-bathroom/kitchen/shower/car/den/bedroom every day long. I know it’s normal, part of the process. (It’s also exhausting.) Give yourself a break, everyone tells me. I know. I do. I’ve never been scared of…
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Raising Confident Women (starting in the car). #HourWithHer
DISCLOSURE: I’m excited to celebrate International Women’s Day! In honor of this special day, I spent an hour of (extra) time with my daughters talking about confidence and self-esteem. This blogpost is written in partnership with the Dove Self-Esteem Project to encourage the next generation of girls develop confidence they need to reach their full potential….
Got Dessert? Nope. Got Milk? YES!
DISCLOSURE: This post is part of a paid partnership with California Milk Processor Board. All opinions and experiences are authentically my own. Sometime between last year this time and now, someone evidently told my daughters that dessert is required AFTER EVERY MEAL. ?!?!?! I don’t think so, ladies. “What’s for dessert?” they interrogate me after…
40 Frank Facts Learned in 40 Years.
Based on recent personal experience, I can frankly vouch that having a 40th birthday is FAB. You know it. I know it. Hooray for fabulous. I used to fear the big four-oh, but I now choose to welcome it. I am grateful for it. I celebrate it. I relish it. I bungeed into my big…
Bad Moms? Susan Sarandon & Cheryl Hines Use Hollywood to Be Better Moms.
Who’s ready to re-live Christmas? Me. No, I’m not in the mood to decorate a tree again, or to bake a bunch of cookies, or to worry if that thing I ordered for my 7 year old would be delivered in time for the big holiday. I just want to watch the damn movie again….
CBS Los Angeles: Kids, don’t do pot. Parents, pay attention.
New year, new laws. Unfortunately, the law that everyone’s been talking about (that is estimated to spawn about 400 recreational marijuana retails in Los Angeles alone) is the legalization of pot. If you know me, you already know how I feel about this. Here are some hints: Stupid. Irresponsible. Totally not good. (If that offends…
CBS Los Angeles: Tell me if my kid’s a bully. (I won’t freak out.)
Is there such a thing as bad parents? In the famous hallway between news studios at CBSLA, I said YES, there are bad parents. (My beautiful and smart colleague, Joy Benedict, said NO. You can watch us bicker about it in said hallway here on my Facebook page… she may’ve called me out as a bully…
