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Review of Botanical Bodywork and Beauty: If you have eyebrows and eyelashes in Vermont, this is rele
So I know it's been kind of forever since I shared anything here, but honestly I have just been feeling like what has been going on with...
Jillian
May 14, 20193 min read
It's official: I have low social media tolerance
I vividly recall being both pleased and amused by my 6th grade career aptitude test results. They suggested fulfilling and successful...
Jillian
Feb 23, 20193 min read
2018 Goals in Review: We did it! (mostly)
At the end of 2017 I outlined some goals for the coming year. Now that 2018 is wrapping up I wanted to revisit them and see how the year...
Jillian
Dec 19, 20184 min read
Cope Not Collapse: My Strategies for Surviving Midwinter This Year
I know I am not alone in finding both difficulty and comfort at the end of each year. The holidays bring us together, for better or...
Jillian
Dec 6, 20185 min read
A brief but positive review of Kronk's New Groove
The Emperor's New Groove came out when I was in high school. Contrary to being too old for it, at the time I was frequently hanging out...
Jillian
Oct 30, 20182 min read
"I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything...You know, as a career,
I've taken nearly two months off from writing. A crisis point with my mental health overlapped with the demise of my laptop, and I...
Jillian
Oct 16, 20182 min read
I thought treating my anxiety would make me a better housekeeper, instead it showed me the beauty of
I thought when I started depression and anxiety medication recently that my house would get cleaner. I imagined myself freeing up all...
Jillian
Aug 17, 20182 min read
Don't call me Mama
I can say with confidence that it would never have occurred to anyone to call me "mama" before I had a child. When it happens now,...
Jillian
Jul 30, 20183 min read
Women's Illness, Medical Bias, and Self-Gaslighting
It's hard for me to admit, but for a very long time "not experiencing acute pain or illness" has been my definition of a good day. I...
Jillian
Jul 23, 20184 min read
How I Did It: Creating a Personal Style Guide
I remember going clothes shopping over a decade ago, with a very picky and style-oriented friend, and they ran around the store, picking...
Jillian
Jul 20, 20189 min read
Hey Jillian Around the Internet: A Round Up
I know, I know, two round up posts in one week. That wasn't the plan, I spent the day in urgent care dealing with some weird health...
Jillian
Jul 18, 20181 min read
We're on the Road to Nowhere
Often when I've got something on my mind, I get writer's block until I just write about it. So here we are. As I've been working through...
Jillian
Jul 17, 20183 min read
Loving Myself Enough to Push Myself; Untangling Gentleness from Self-Doubt
As the words "self-care" took hold in our national dialogue, they spoke to me. A lifetime of crippling perfectionism and the accompanying...
Jillian
Jul 13, 20185 min read
One Easy Trick to Really Connect on Dates with Your Partner
The Force Awakens came out the week of my due date with my son. We had purchased tickets for the day after my due date, gambling that the...
Jillian
Jul 5, 20183 min read
Two House Buying Mistakes That Cost Us
This week I launched our series So You Want to Sell your House, and it inspired me to pull together this related post about the two big...
Jillian
May 18, 20183 min read
No-Poo, but No Baking Soda Either- My pH Balanced Zero-Waste Hair Care Routine
As part of our 2018 resolutions to a more budget and earth friendly year, I've overhauled many aspects of our life, and this is the first...
Jillian
Apr 18, 20185 min read
If You Give a Mom a Compost Bin...
We're four months into our eco-friendly resolutions for 2018. The most interesting part of this journey to me is how it just keeps...
Jillian
Apr 12, 20184 min read
The Tiny Tools That Are Beating My Depression
Back at the end of November, I wrote this post, about the anxiety and self-doubt that was springing from the impending end of my time as...
Jillian
Mar 28, 20185 min read
Celebrating 100 Posts: Getting Down to the Roots
When I started this writing project, it was a way to make sense of the unmoored existence I found myself in as a stay at home mom; no...
Jillian
Mar 7, 20185 min read
Capitalism vs. the Homemaker
I've been relatively absent from social media in recent weeks; I've been too wrapped up in the workings of our daily lives, our home, and...
Jillian
Feb 21, 20184 min read
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