San Diego, CA
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Reluctantly Blogging

Just an introvert girl living in an extrovert's world!

Where I Come From

Watching as the sun sets over the Pacific Ocean from my 24th floor apartment in a brand-new high rise in downtown San Diego, CA, I am struck once again where my path in life has led me. If someone had told me 25 years ago that I would be living in a high rise with…
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What If I Fail…What I Fly?

I’m scared to death of failing. The fear is real, all-encompassing, and paralyzing!

Following My Arrow…Wherever it Leads

Facing down your fears, finding your motivation, and living life your way.

INTROVERTS: HYPERVENTILATING OUR WAY INTO YOUR LIFE SINCE… FOREVER

For me, meeting new people is usually a tortuous experience! Put me in room full of people I don’t know, and my heart starts pounding, my breathing elevates, and I start looking for the nearest exit.

Demanding Equality From Ourselves

Have you ever watched The West Wing? If you haven’t, you absolutely must. It’s streaming on Netflix right now, so you really have no excuse. It is unequivocally my all-time, list-topping favorite show in the entire world! It’s witty, dry, sarcastic and such a timeless and transcendent piece of art that it will live on,…
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How I Disconnect

Remember when you were a kid and time seemed to drag on and on? The countdown to your birthday, Christmas, or summer vacation seemed endless and once it arrived sped by faster than you could blink. Fast forward to adulthood and that never-ending amount of time that was so hard to fill with something to…
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A Reader’s World

I am a reader. Given any amount of downtime from 5 minutes to 5 hours, my nose will be in a book (or more recently in the library app on my phone). I can read in alone in a quiet space or in crowded, loud line for a ride at Disneyland. People always comment: “I…
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Eating Healthy in an Unhealthy World

How many of you wish you could eat healthier but just don’t know where to start? How many of you wish it didn’t require hours or prepping, cooking, cleaning to make just one healthy meal? How many of you would eat healthier if it meant not eating tofu, soy or flavorless food? Well…I am here…
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The Un-Mother Mother’s Day

Do you have a least favorite holiday? Maybe it’s Christmas and its unrelenting commercials and tacky decorations that pop up mid-October, the need to buy something for everyone in your life for fear of banishment from their world. Maybe it’s Independence Day with its unannounced, random loud noises and explosions of color that cause you…
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