Fear: Climb the Mountains Anyway
Fear. I’ve been thinking a lot about it lately. I wonder why we are so afraid of some things… and not others. I have written a lot about fear over the years. [Here, here, here, here and here, to name a few posts.] I am in the process of shutting down a business. That’s scary. I […]
A Girl Walks Out of a Bar: An Interview with Lisa F. Smith
Loved loved loved my recent chat with Lisa F. Smith, author of the incredible book, Girl Walks Out of a Bar. I hope you will enjoy it too! xoox, Meredith Episode 81 – Lisa F. Smith: Girl Walks Out of a Bar Lisa Smith was a bright young lawyer at a prestigious law firm in NYC when […]
You Can Quit Running When You are Nice To Yourself
I woke up this morning and went to 5:15am CrossFit class. And I hated myself hard today. Full self-loathing. This self-loathing behavior is usually on the back end of a food slippery slope, slide, fall and plop–which I have had the last few days. I was well-aware that I woke up in a bloated sugar […]
The Power of the Dream
Before I even did my first triathlon, I wanted to do an IRONMAN. After my first day of CrossFit last year, I wanted to compete in a CrossFit competition of some sort. That’s my latest shenanigan-dream. And I don’t give a flip about saying it. Why? Because I know the power of a Dream. I have experienced the […]
Triple Inspiration: Mirna Valerio, Rachel Joyce and Ben Dziwulski
Much like a duck paddling under the water, that’s been my life for the last few months. I don’t blog much these days, I know… but I am writing more than ever – with Triathlete Magazine, Women’s Running and of course, the TWO BOOKS that are landing in Spring and Fall of 2019. (Whew!) Regardless, […]
How to Create Return Labels for Your Customers In Shopify
I apologize to my typical blog readers for this post. However, I have had this problem with online commerce platform I use for YEARS about return labels. I figured out a hack, and I figured I would share. So pardon the deviation. One of the issues with the Shopify E-Commerce platform is the impossibility (within […]
The Night the Darkness Almost Got Me
I attempted suicide eighteen years ago. I failed. Anthony Bourdain is dead. Kate Spade is dead. They didn’t fail at their attempts. I am saddened, truly devastated by these losses to the world. I failed, and I am glad that I was such a failure. The gifts of failure are plenty. This is the blog […]
The Gift of Being a Failure
With the falling apart, I note the following themes:
I am a failure.
I am a failure in general.
Specifically, I am a failure at: motherhood, writing, love, money, nutrition, crossfit, running, swimming, yoga, thinking, reading, existing, living.
Fight Club on The Same 24 Hours
I’ve been a little busy and not blogging much lately. I can’t say it’s a bad thing, because the new things are AMAZING–just taking much more time and energy than I thought possible. All. Good. Things. And more to come on that in the future. 🙂 Luckily, I have had a chance to still talk […]