Dealing with Mom Guilt

Mom guilt is one of the strangest feelings a person can experience. You try everything to be the kind of mom they say you need to be, but because you are human and make mistakes, you will make mistakes as a mom too. The hardest part is that you cannot forgive yourself for them. Today, I noticed

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Weekly Work Goal as a Lawyer

Lawyers bill in different ways, hourly, contingency, flat fees, block fees. For me, it’s always been hourly. My work lives in six-minute increments. Every call, every email, every draft, tracked, measured, accounted for. Before becoming a mom, I could easily docket 50–60 hours a week. That p

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Thirty-seven hits differently.

This month I turned 37… and 37 hits differently. I used to think 40 was “a lot.” Now I can see it coming, one day at a time. And for the first time, age doesn’t feel like just a number, it feels real. Measurable. I can feel it moving. And with it… comes regret. I look back at my 20s and wo

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Cafe Hunting

Toronto As a millennial who started posting on Instagram in 2011, I miss the days when posting felt easy. Back then, it was just photography, silly moments, nail pictures, little pieces of life. No overthinking, no mixed audience, no quiet pressure. As relatives, friends, colleagues, and e

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