• blessings - brain training - inspiration - Monday Mantra - self help

    #MondayMantra YES I Freaking Can!

    I may be The Blessings Butterfly and love to share the bright side of things, but even I get scared sometimes.  Yesterday I was overwhelmed by a nasty case of fear and self-doubt. My ego was so scared, so intimidated by the BIG goals that I’ve set that it became downright ugly. I felt that old familiar panic rising in my chest, my eyes wide and filled with tears, my speech jumbled and angry and peppered with swear words. Oh, did I forget to mention that I was sitting in a restaurant at dinner with my boyfriend at the time…

  • Friday Faves

    Friday Faves: Michael Powell Photography 

    I’m always amazed by the incredibly gifted people in my world. Today I want to give a shout out to multi-talented photographer, musician and dear friend, Michael Powell. Holla! Michael and I became friends years ago when he was playing guitar in a mutual friend’s band (more on Josie and her current band Eye the Realist another day). We bonded over LOST, a.k.a. one of the best TV series ever. I bawled my eyes out on his couch during the Series Finale. Oh, and it was a party so there were quite a few people there watching me totally meltdown……