How my husband and I finally learned to see eye-to-eye on finances — My husband Marius and I are similar in many ways—we both work in the media industry, love to sleep in, and are adventurous world-travellers. But we’re very different in many ways, too. Marius is an amazing cook, I could burn water. Getting married meant a lot to me, but not…

Choosing whether to have children — My top article on Medium is ‘5 Books to Read if You’re Unsure About Having Kids’. There’s an appetite for this kind of content. More and more people are asking themselves the all-important question: “do I want to have children?” People are looking for answers, guidance, and shared experience—and where…

I watched the film Four Good Days today. It was quietly released in 2020 and I’m glad I made the time to watch it — because although it was brutally sad, it was also incredibly moving. Written and directed by Rodrigo García, Four Good Days is a story about Deb…

They’re critical for your professional and personal life — Employers are finally prioritizing soft skills when they’re hiring. Some of their top concerns: can you articulate what you mean? Can you work well with others? How are you with conflict resolution and decision-making? It doesn’t matter what industry you’re in—soft skills always come in handy. When my aunt took…

Spoiler Alert: This review contains spoilers for the 2021 film, Antlers. I watched Antlers last week. The film was originally scheduled for theatrical release in April 2020, but we all know what happened during that time period. After a long 18-month delay, the film was finally released in October of…

Understanding your style can make you a better speaker, a better listener, and ultimately, a better communicator — As I began writing this article, my husband interrupted to tell me a tragic tale about the loneliest whale in the world. This whale lives in a pod with other whales, but he sings at a frequency that the others can’t understand. Meaningful communication is impossible. He cannot understand others…

How my mom and I finally learned to see eye to eye and work together to build a good relationship — I’m sure we all have a broken device in our home, that we’ll get around to fixing one day. My mom is no different. She loves taking things apart to see how they work…but she isn’t very committed to putting them back together. Growing up, we had a whole room…

A shy kid’s reluctant evolution into extroverted adulthood — I remember the moment I realized I was shy. I was about four years old, and I was asleep in our family’s red wagon. When I woke up from my nap, a woman who was not my mom was pulling me along. But instead of crying out, I thought to…

How my biggest habit change of the year is going — I started doing No TV Tuesdays because I’ve been binging a lot more TV thanks to COVID. Watching television started as a great way to stay calm and relaxed during these stressful times, but I discovered you can have too much of a good thing. Last year in 2020, I…