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84 days and counting

  Happy Tuesday! I’m In The Powder Room today. And as usual, I’m oversharing. This post will hopefully answer some of your burning questions like…   Is life without wine worth living? How can I lose five pounds without diet or … Continue reading

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The Truth about Motherhood

I’m over In The Powder Room today telling my truth about Motherhood. It’s a little bit of everything…kind of like those three freeloaders who came out of my vagina. See you over there, m’kay? I’ll bring the hand sanitizer, you … Continue reading

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Let’s spend the night together.

Roommates…the good, the bad, and the dirty. Come read what I have to say about some of my best and worst roommates in my weekly column In The Powder Room today. But come on back tomorrow for my very first … Continue reading

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A Few Good Vaginas

Timing is everything, or so they say. Which is why it’s kind of funny that the very day I would “come out of the closet” and confess my real name to the world, The Huffington Post would include my recent … Continue reading

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I’ll have what he’s having.

I’m over In The Powder Room today sharing my counterpoint to my colleague Glen’s brilliant post about internal dialogue and what men see when they look in the mirror.   Come on over and join in the conversation! I’ll save … Continue reading

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And that’s how I cope with jealousy.

Well it’s Tuesday, so you know what that means: I’m over In The Powder Room over-sharing about something vapid like the approximate muscle tone of other women’s nut crackers. It’s not much, but it’s what I do. Also, I may … Continue reading

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How Maroon 5 taught my daughter about rape.

One in three. That’s the current global statistic about violence against women.   One in three women around the world will be raped, beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. (2003 UNIFEM report “Not A Minute More: … Continue reading

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A Letter from My Future Self

Ever wonder what your life will look like twenty years from now? Forty years from now? What if your future self could send you a letter to prepare you for the future and possibly snap you out of making grievous … Continue reading

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Which came first: the depression or the muffintop?

I’m over In The Powder Room today sharing deep thoughts about some of the paradoxes of trying to get healthy and ward off chronic depression. It’s deep, and not at all funny. So if you’re just here for the free … Continue reading

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A Full Circle Sausage Moment

Childbirth stories: they aren’t for the faint of heart…or stomach. But like most challenges in life, the end product can make the humiliation sting just a little bit less. And by end product, I mean baby, and by humiliation, of … Continue reading

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