Designing Happy

Designing Happy

Designing Happy The topic from the May 17th episode of Rewired Life™ Radio holds a special place in my heart. Designing happy is about designing your life inside and out. Obviously what I am up to right now is very much about designing your “inside” life, but years...
Period Poem

Period Poem

Dominique Christina is one inspirational, powerful woman! She is an author, an educator, and a slam poet champion. I was introduced to her and her work at the 2014 Emerging Women Conference in New York City… with this poem… PERIOD. The first time I heard...
Fear and Spanx

Fear and Spanx

I woke up this morning feeling like my body was wrapped in 20 layers of sausage casing…more intimately known to the modern woman as Spanx. No, I didn’t pass out in my party dress. I woke up emotionally wrapped in fear; squeezing my ribs, stomach, and back,...

Feeling Beautiful

I talk a lot about feeling beautiful. Helping women feel beautiful is very important for me. This need informs and inspires my work as a writer and as a photographer. As I photograph a beautiful bride glowing from within, I get to feel beautiful right along with her....

How a Dove commercial made me cry…

I woke up the other morning to my Facebook feed blowing up with this Dove commercial.  To be honest, I’m not much of a YouTube person, I rarely watch the funny videos floating around. But when some of my female photographer friends that share my enthusiasm for...