Break It Down Now: One Degree

My general default settings are either on or off. I'm an all or nothing kind of person. It’s really hard for me to ease into anything. So I need reminders. Reminders that change happens in degrees. It happens over time. It happens gradually and then suddenly. And only suddenly because of all the work I’ve put …

Break It Down Now: Mama Gena’s School of Womanly Arts

Before we jump in here - I have to give a couple of disclaimers. This book is about pleasure and sensuality. Adult lady language is used in this breakdown. And more importantly, A LOT of the CRAP in this book is about being appealing for a man. Now, I am all about getting you some …

#plannersgonnaplan

Planning is my jam. I basically love everything associated with planners, planning and plans... of all kinds. Especially if we're talking pretty and practical. For the past couple of years, I've been on the bullet journal train. If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I have recently adopted a whole planning system, but …

Break It Down Now: Braving the Wilderness

Do you read books with a stack of sticky notes and colored pencils handy, or is it just me? This is one of those books that I was underlining and color coding and yelling YES about from page one. I've read all of Brene Brown's books, and I don't say this lightly... this one is …

Break it down now: Podcast Edition

I listen to a lot of podcasts. Like A LOT of podcasts. I’m in the car a lot. And washing dishes a lot. And folding laundry and changing sheets and vacuuming and you get the idea. I also listen to a lot of books this way. Mostly self-help books... or vampire books. Don't judge. I …

The Law of Attraction is Crap.

But Priming Your Brain is real. My oldest kiddo loves this National Geographic show called Brain Games. I feel like a lot of the episodes are just teaching him how to be a really effective con man, but I hope for the best. I watched part of an episode with him a couple of months …

Creativity opens the door.

For the last year or so, I’ve had this thrumming in my brain. “Unused creativity is not benign.” The first time I heard this, I was listening to Magic Lessons; a podcast created by Liz Gilbert, author of Big Magic (find the Breakdown here). On the final episode of Season One, Liz has a conversation with …

Random Theory: Vampire Remix

I have an embarrassing affinity for vampire novels. Have you ever taken one of those, 'if you were a book, what genre would you be' quizzes? I have. It always comes up as either comic book or YA fantasy. Contrary to what it may seem - I am not a junior in high school. I think …

Break it down now: Big Magic

I always want to wrap things up in five points. Seriously. Five. But this book just ain’t working for that shit. So here we go for Big Magic in ten points. And in my mind I’m just thinking of it as 5(2). Double the five. The Biggest and most Magical lessons from Big Magic: “If …

Break it down now: Steal Like An Artist

I feel like the awesomeness of Steal Like an Artist bu Austin Kleon could really be summed up in two or three points, but since the book is written in ten points - I decided to roll with it. This 160 page book is a super easy read. Like totally readable in one sitting. Unless you …