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As I walked out of the house, I hollered, "K, bye, going to Sephora to get all my fancy lady supplies" and my husband called back, "I think it's Ulta you want. Sephora is just perfume." So I was off to a good start. I've recently been trying to FEEL myself again-powerful, confident and sexy. It's been two years of COVID and kids and healing from a nasty boob surgery that was supposed to make all of my dreams come true but didn't. I'm not working in my usual profession and I

On being 'Wanted' Versus 'Wantable,' and 'Loved' Versus 'Lovable'

As published on The SEAM, 2/22.22

Pivoting- 3/5 stars. Going into these pilots, I had different expectations. I've been seeing reviews for "Pivoting"- starring Ginnifer Goodwin (Once Upon a Time, Big Love, Judy Hopps in Zootopia), Maggie Q (Mission Impossible III, Divergent, Nikita, Rush Hour II), and Eliza Coupe (Happy Endings, Scrubs, The Mindy Project), about changing their lives in response to losing the fourth friend in their group. It's as touching, hilarious, and inspiring as any of us could hope it w

Spoiler alert: No. I was recently interviewing a sex therapist out of Los Angeles for an article I'm writing. I like to drop this into all my conversations because it makes me sound SO COOL, and because it was such an enlightening and positive conversation. I want to to discuss all the things I've learned. Just maybe not at school pickup with moms I barely know? Simmer down, Sarah. Anywho. Both the sex therapist I recently interviewed (did you hear about that?!) and other wom

After she parked her truck, Tamara walked slowly up the main street of town, stopping to look in the windows of storefronts. A used bookstore caught her eye and she ducked inside. Outside it was crisp and bright, but when the door closed behind her, she found herself in a warm, dark space; cozy and smelling like rest. “It’s good, right?” a man’s voice asked, startling her. She hadn’t noticed him standing in the front corner of the store, adjusting things in the window disp

10 techniques for eating healthy in the New Year, from an Intuitive Eating Counselor (read the full article and explanation of Intuitive Eating on THE SEAM below) We don’t need ANOTHER diet. If diets haven’t worked by now, they aren’t going to work. We haven’t failed them, they’ve failed us.... We accept that our bodies are as diverse as our lived experiences. Bodies come in all different shapes and sizes by design, and we can’t control our genetic blueprints. Presuming there