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Chasing Perfection

After an exhausting and almost manic search through an online real estate site, I turned to my husband in despair.... more

Please see video and diagram below to check your moles. When I was twenty-one years old, I had a creepy looking... more

Chris Harrison opens up this week’s The Bachelorette explaining the order of the episode, before we cut to the main... more

When I first really got to know my dad I was sixteen. My mom had died in August, my brother... more

I was nine years old, and very disappointed in my father. An unnecessarily dramatic and entirely unfair judgment for a kid... more

When I talk to different women about the relationships they have with their fathers, it tends to run the gamut.... more

Episode 2: This week, ‘The Bachelorette’ gets serious. The first whisperings of eternal love are mustered, the exchanges of saliva occur... more

There are a few thoughts in life that take my breath and cause me to shudder. I fear being in... more

My whole life, I've said that family is what you make it. And I’ve always resisted, no wait, detested the... more

Episode 1: So here we are again for another season of ABC’s ‘The Bachelorette’, a time when much of North America... more

Recently a student of mine wrote in one of her papers that westernized countries should not judge how women are... more

What kind of sick and twisted turn of events is this?! Why now after all this time does my biological... more

For Part 2, scroll down. PART 1: Imagine marrying the man of your dreams and one month after your idyllic wedding,... more

The Oopsie Loopsie is a waistband extender that helps you button up those pre-preg jeans when you're at the beginning of pregnancy... more

You better watch out You better not cry Better not pout I’m telling you why Jillian Michaels is coming to... more

A few weeks ago I found myself rushing between calls/appointments, it was 130 and I hadn't yet eaten lunch, so... more

At 30, I found myself single having just ended a 6-year relationship, and a cancelled wedding. After taking some time... more

Enter to win Oopsie Loopsie waistband extenders for when you're wearing your pre-preg jeans (beginning of pregnancy or post baby)... more