Almost exactly five years ago, there was an article written about me and many other "nice girls who dated jerks." In the article, I referred to a situation where in a very young and confusing relationship, a boy I dated called all women praying mantises (they eat their...

A friend of mine recently told me an analogy of love which I have used rather often recently when talking to numerous friends. He said each of us have a parking lot, and in that parking lot, is one "handicapped spot" for that special person. It had me thinking about...

I move fairly fast and for anyone who knows me, they would probably say that is an understatement. A friend of mine said to me recently, "everything moves faster when you are around," which has been my biggest strength when inspiring people to be at their best, do their best,...

I grew up with the traditional childhood of loving Disney movies. I bonded with a beautiful, strong friend of mine recently about this love for the Disney princesses at a Whole Foods during SXSW. We took a break from the SXSW madness and talked about how we went from Little...

There are three versions of every story. The two people's versions who are involved in the story, and then the truth. Plato belived that the truth was made up of many versions of the truth, and I believe that one side of any story is never enough to really understand...

When I was younger, I would look at people driving in their cars and talk about the difference between someone driving a car they didn't necessarily love to drive, and "driving" a car (overemphasis on the word driving); blasting music, singing to the words of their favorite song, windows open...

A friend of mine told me a story recently of how India changed his life. I thought he was going to tell me about a spiritual journey, but what I heard was dramatically different from what I expected. He told me the details I usually hear, (lots of smells, sounds,...

A lot of young, smart, focused entrepreneurs have been asking me for advice recently because of my public "transformation." I have had so many people reach out to me from all different parts of my life and tell me, "your article spoke to me," "I feel exactly the same way,"...

Six months ago, I had a pretty magical experience. I went to a healer/psychic, who told me about my "life" and trapped me in this idea of what was going to happen to me. It started to really freak me out when most of it came true. How did she...

This month, I knew what I had to do. I had to finish a transition with a previous position while also running my company for the first time. This meant I was literally having to be two people at once. And anyone who knows me knows I am usually more...

My whole life I have been told I have so much potential. Growing up, it would be a thorn in my side when I was told this. It made me feel like I was never enough, that I wasn't living up to my purpose, the bigger reason for why I'm...

Commitments are scary. They bog you down. They create situations in your life that force you to make decisions. They force you to prioritize. They force you to separate what is most important to you from what really doesn't matter and to make compromises to yourself.

Commitments are also beautiful....

I gravitate toward certain people. I meet tons of people and usually end up loving most of them, but some pull me in deeper immediately. I get an instant connection that I can't deny or ignore; it doesn't make perfect sense but just happens. I have had instances where I...

In the eye of the storm when the lights were off, and the Internet was down, what did you do? When your iPhone died, and your facebook couldn't send you any requests, what did your mind focus on? In the middle of our political storm, where a hurricane of emotions...

A lot of people want to win the lottery. They want to be the next reality star, the next American Idol winner, they wish to be the next person chosen to be "rich and famous." This used to be all about reality TV, but most recently I have seen it...

I was a very restless little girl. When I was in kindergarten my mom told me she walked past my classroom, expecting me to be sitting silently and perfectly, listening to the teacher, and on the contrary she witnessed her little daughter moving around anxiously, not able to sit still...

I recently was on the phone with a friend of mine and he asked me how my life was. I told him bits and pieces of what was going on, the same story I tell most people and then he said okay, now tell me about the project you told...

One of my closest friends is a creative director. Unlike me, who dives in deeply with every stranger I meet, she sits back like a wallflower, observes the situation and then tells the story of what she sees based on her observations. A director in her own life and sometimes...

Ask generation Y these days what they do. "I'm the inspiration connoisseur for this new start up, oh I'm the community facilitator for this tech company, I run strategic grass-root marketing for blah blah blah." When was the last time you heard, "I'm in sales." I have responded, "So are...

I have always considered myself a dreamer. I'm a humanitarian who sees the best in people and I find this is probably my biggest strength and weakness. I let the potential of people in my life cast over the reality, and yet what I love most is to bring out...