Wake Your Mind Up is a weekly series providing you with practical, no-fuss ways to get your mind right in the mornings, so you can be a better you throughout the day.

What is mental health, really? Mental health encompasses our emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing. It affects how we think, feel and act, which means it determines our moods and behaviors, even our personalities.

Positive mental health allows us to cope with the inevitable stresses of life, work productively, make meaningful contributions to our communities, and realize our full potential — so we can be the best versions of…

The pursuit of happiness is complicated, messy, and fabulous — sometimes all at once. I believe this is why the concept of “Getting Happy” is being reframed as The Happiness in the Pursuit, rather than The Pursuit of Happiness.

It makes sense, doesn’t it? “Getting happy” isn’t an end goal we reach once we have a beach house, a baby, and a dream job. Like Jen Sincero says, “You don’t just arrive at happiness, crack open a beer, and call it a day.”

Feeling happy is a daily practice, just like eating healthy is a daily practice. …

Let’s hop right to it. Being a solopreneur, aka an entrepreneur who starts and runs a business solo, can be lonely as hell.

However! There are ways to prevent those moments of creative darkness. By addressing the problem head on — the “problem” being writer’s block, self-doubt, or good old fashioned loneliness — we can step into our solopreneur journeys with more confidence, zest, and gusto than ever before.

If you’re wondering who I am to give entrepreneurial advice, I’m just like you. I’ve been cranking away at my solopreneur journey for the last several years, experiencing the highest of…

Acclaimed American costume designer Edith Head famously said: “You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.”

And damn it, I believe that, and you should, too.

If you have yet to be bitten by the style bug (aka you haven’t found that thing to wear that screams YOU), I hope you find it soon. I’m here to show you the incredible power that dressing up has on your mental health.

Got a case of the Monday “Mehs?”

May you take inspiration from this post on how a spectacular pair of glasses gives me Lady Gaga confidence with each and every wear.

Give…

Wake Your Mind Up is a weekly series providing you with practical, no-fuss ways to get your mind right in the mornings, so you can be a better you throughout the day. Each week we will give you a feel-good tip to carry out.

If you’re like me, you need constant reminders to feel good about yourself. It’s why I’m tattooing “Be You” on my wrist. It’s why I journal 3 things I’m excited about every morning, and 3 things I’m grateful for every night. It’s why I have colorful mood boards plastered on my office walls.

I have to…

Currently pregnant with my second baby, I’m not afraid of the mental toll this will take on me, but the physical one. My first pregnancy was what doctors and fellow mothers would categorize as “easy” — no morning sickness, no false labor scares — a fairly enjoyable nine months of carrying a human.

Now that I’ve got 5 years of parenting practice under my mom mode belt, I feel much better equipped to do it all over again, mentally. …

The first thing a woman says to another (pregnant) woman upon news that pregnant woman is having a girl — without fail — is some generic version of this: “I bet you’re so excited to dress her in cute outfits.”

I’m pausing here to take a deep breath.

If I hear this comment one more time, I think I may snap. And coming from someone who cares a great deal about fashion — who has gone as far as making a career out of fashion — that’s really saying something.

Am I looking forward to having Girls Days with my…

Hello, writers!

If you haven’t yet discovered the WriteWay podcast, I encourage you to download and subscribe this instant. A recent episode, “Ending Self-Doubt with Advocate and Author William Kenower,” gave me the lightbulb moment I’ve been longing for: a license to get over my reservations and start writing what feels good to me — market trends be damned.

Here’s the thing: You can follow the formula of your favorite writers who have “found success,” but it might leave you feeling defeated, rejected, not good enough, and generally bad about yourself. That’s why I’m choosing to follow my own formula.

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