Humanity: Raw & Unfiltered
Being physically fit seems to be a tall order. I can almost hear you groaning, “I don’t have time for another complicated program.” It doesn’t need to be complicated. We can address two tenets of a Rock’in Body— Fit Thoughts and Fit Actions— by adding ONE question to our daily lives: Read more
We ask it, as parents, every time we scroll through the photos on our phones and spot a pic of our little one—two years ago—when he was only 18 months old. Now he will turn 4 years old soon—and off they go to preschool. Wasn’t I just trying to decide if Read more
These days I’ve been thinking a lot about choices. How you make a choice to do something that leads you down a specific path, only to be faced with another choice that arises because of the one you just made. Like branches of a tree or tributaries of a river, Read more
1. Nail Biting. In the old days, around 1990 – Yikes. I worked many beauty campaigns. Only one time did the company, Revlon, hire a hand model for the shoot. Yes, this happens. One model is hired for her face, and the other model is hired for her hands. What Read more
I used to be such a planner. Everything had to run on time, in an endless conveyor belt type manner. I would get restless when people took too long in line at the grocery store, or anywhere for that matter. I was a hamster that constantly spun her wheels, going Read more
I tend to not sleep well these days. I’d complain but the night is my friend. I like it when the sun sets, it’s giving passage to the day that may or may not have been a good one. Regardless of the outcome of the day, the night I welcome, Read more
The first time I held a pair of scissors I was in first grade. My teacher, Ms. Bebe oversaw the scissor proceedings with solemn gravity. “Children always remember to wrap the palm of your hand around the blades of your scissors. Keep the blades pointed away from your heart. Your Read more
Auntie 13 was always the nicest (with 14 relatives on my mom’s side of the family, it was easy to refer to them by number) and often the most generous. I recall when I was growing up that she would always give us candy upon each visit. Being raised in Read more