Top three words:  Creative, Resourceful, and Passionate.

Followed by: entertaining, silly, insightful, inventive, understanding, helpful, intuitive, inspired, organized, thoughtful, audacious little pisspot.

My life growing up was fairly serious, unless I was with my friends.  My parents were teenagers when I was born and when I was a teen, it was not uncommon for strangers to struggle to figure out who was older- me or my mom.  That applied to emotional age too.

It took some years of doing my own work to learn to connect with the playful side of myself- but it was worth it!  It’s like a big “Welcome Home” mat that resides inside.  It turns out, I am gifted at seeing the humor and joy in the little things.  If my life were a Reality Show, it would resemble a comedic musical with a hint of Tasmanian devil.

A great day (assuming I don’t move to the mountains or live on the beach) looks something like:  big kisses from my kids and my husband, a yummy and healthy breakfast, time to myself to think, process, plan, and work while drinking iced tea and sitting outside at my favorite coffee shop- the wind blows on my face and the sun peeks through.  I spend an hour with friends laughing, talking, and inspiring one another to go for the next step.  I work with clients to empower their lives and move past their hurts, while learning something new myself along the way.  I play with my kids and have a meaningful talk with my husband.  I drink more iced tea and study something new.  I daydream of all the possibilities in life.  If it’s a Saturday, I aimlessly walk around the Farmer’s Market- touching and smelling- asking strangers questions about their lives and how they got where they are.  There would be plenty more lolly-gagging sprinkled with hands-on hard work.  More iced tea.  I organize something.  I take a risk.  I exercise.  And I end the day with a snuggle.

Oh and always the random questions from strangers, “Excuse me, what do you think about…., How do I look in…., Do you where I can find….”- happens all the time.