It’s almost Halloween and everyone is dressing up in costume. Some of my favorite costumes are superheroes! I love to see people dressed up as powerful, strong, justice focused folks. And it got me thinking. Are you a superhero or the one who needs saving? And are you...
Seeing, Sharing, and Celebrating the Perfect in Others
Learning to love yourself and cultivating your self worth is a major value of mine, and part of my core values. It's also part of my why in the world. And, it doesn't stop there. My why is: "To support people to find or create pathways of love within themselves and...
How to Own Your Perfect
Do you ever fear that you are not enough? That you don't measure up? Or that you're not perfect? I hear you! For years I struggled as a perfectionist. And... It wasn't until I found the Beauty of Imperfection that I could truly embrace and accept all parts of myself....
Hurray for Truth or Dare With Yourself
Remember in school when you'd play "Truth or Dare"? You and your friends or schoolmates would gather around and one by one test each other's bravery by asking each other to answer a question truthfully or do a daring task. I used to be afraid of this game. I was so...
How to Uncover Your Confidence
Who do you picture when you think of a confident person? Is she tall, strong, forceful, determined, and gets what she wants? Is it a she at all? I've been thinking a lot about confidence, and the hurray way of being a confident person. It's been on my thoughts for...
Beauty of Imperfection
What do you think of when you hear "perfection"? I used to think perfection was my goal. In fact, when I was much younger I labeled myself a perfectionist and I would tell people this with pride. Sometimes I would fain the "ugh life is so hard for me because my...
Ashley Says I am More Than My Numbers
Meet Ashley. I've known Ashley since college and watching her blossom as a woman alongside me has been a wonder to watch. Since our days in musical theater, I have seen her definition of "beauty" evolve. Her work as a makeup artist now is all about enhancing the inner...
How to Say Hurray for Lingerie as a Person of Trans* Experience
In April of 2017 I made a big deliberate choice. It was moments before the taping of my appearance on The Rachael Ray show, and in front of Rachael, a live audience, and 2 million+ people, I said that "I have fit thousands of people for bras." Seems simple, right....
Rachel Kara says I am More Than My Numbers
Meet Rachel Kara. I've known Rachel Kara since college, but I really got to know her in another classroom. We were both enrolled in a summer Meisner technique acting class in 2006, and that technique goes deep. Deep down into the "who are you really and how do...
Becky says I am More Than My Numbers
Meet Becky. Becky and I are pretty unlikely colleagues. We met at a weekend women-in-business mastermind, and bonded over my vintage style and Becky's recent pin-up photography clients. She invited me to do a shoot in her new studio. It started as a casual...