(Photo Courtesy: DaraTorres.com) As summer quickly approaches and the weather starts warming up, pools and beaches are the popular and fun places to play. But staying safe and learning to swim for children is key, as May is National Water...
Live Like Tina - This is the family remembrance that our daughter Lila and I read at my mom Tina Miller’s funeral. She left us on May 5, 2024 after just two round of treatment for multiple myeloma. Life is short, someday is now....
How I Squashed Limiting Beliefs and Learned to Believe in Myself. You Can Too. - “I’m not smart.” “I’ll never feel good again.” “I can’t meditate, my mind never stops.” “There’s no other job I can ever do!” “It’s my fault – I don’t deserve to be happy.” These are all sentences that people I...
How Oprah Got Me Pregnant + Oprah’s 2020 Vision Tour - As soon as Oprah Winfrey took the stage at her Oprah’s 2020 Vision Tour in Ft. Lauderdale, the tears began to fall. Truth be told they were already flowing minutes before, as I realized this was the moment I would...
I’m Leaving TV to Return to Me - While the Miami HEAT are gearing up for a new season, it’s time for me to start a new season as well. This one however, I’ll be without the microphone. After a few months of reflection, and over seven months...
Tour of our Log Cabin Tango Lookout Lodge - Looking for a cozy mountain getaway for you and your extended family? Tango Lookout Lodge is open for travelers looking for a safe place to vacation in the gorgeous Western North Carolina mountains. It took me a few days to...
We’ve Been Keeping a Big Secret - Check out our new home away from home! Yes, we did. We seized the moment and purchased a vacation mountain home, and we’ve never been this terrified and excited at the same time! This is something we’ve always dreamed of, and...
Just Keep Talking to Your Tweens - Just keep talking to your tweens. Even when they say they don’t want to, don’t give up when the eye rolling and I hate you’s starts. Don’t react, just respond simply with, “I love you.” If they are crying and...
Free Activities to Keep Your Kids Educated and Entertained During School Closures - When you become a parent you learn to expect the unexpected, but never did parents across the globe expect 2020 to bring a global pandemic. While we all try to make sense of the changing news on an hourly basis, ...
Goodbye Dollhouse, Hello Tweens - I moved it to the garage back in October after the summer. It had become a giant eyesore in our family room, the last true relic of their childhood. And honestly they hadn’t played with it since the summer, and...
Be Who You Want to Be – Meredith Masony - Have you tuned in to my new podcast yet called Be Who You Want to Be?! This week I interview the founder of That’s Inappropriate Meredity Masony. Meredith is a friend and hilarious mom, comedian, and an author Scoop the...
Be Who You Want to Be with Stacey Skryzak - Ever read something online that’s so powerful it brings you to tears? That’s what happened when I read news anchor Stacey Skryzak’s Facebook post recently about being done. Done with judging her body, done with comparing herself to others, and...
The Yap – Daniel Euan Henderson - If you’re on Facebook, then you know who Daniel Euan Henderson is. He’s the charming, enigmatic, and totally handsome Scottish vlogger who boasts more than 1.1 million fans and counting. He also is a self-proclaimed self-help guru who wasn’t always...
Paleo Tomato & Basil Mini Frittatas - If you’re truly on a paleo diet or follow the autoimmune paleo protocol I know what you’re thinking, “Tomatoes are nightshades!” I get it. But some of us aren’t truly affected by tomatoes and can handle them once in a...
Will You Take the February Self-Love Challenge? - Don’t you love it? As soon as the holidays are over the stores are full of chocolate hearts and greetings cards, and the kids can’t wait for the next party at school. But lost in the hoopla of Valentine’s Day...
Do This and Your Kids Will Wake Up Happy Every Day - Are your kids not morning people? Maybe wake up like a grump monster? One of mine does, but it’s not a little grouchy, she is like grumpy cat times 10,000,000. I used to struggle every single morning to get her...
Pink Velvet Cupcakes with White Chocolate Frosting - I wanted to make pink velvet cupcakes for our daughter’s fourth birthday, but she insisted on a Palace Pets Birthday cake. So when the girls asked to bake their Daddy cupcakes one rainy afternoon, I thought, hmmmm…maybe I can convince...
