Life
2025 has been an amazing year for me and my book, MAYA BLUE A MEMOIR OF SURVIVAL. I’m excited to say MAYA BLUE was nominated for the prestigious 2025 Kirkus Prize. It was chosen as one of Maria Shriver’s 2025 Best Summer Reads, received the 2025 Readers’ Favorite Bronze Award, and was named one of
For anyone who’s been diagnosed with breast cancer—or knows someone who has—this week’s news that after 25 years, Olivia Newton-John’s
I was excited to turn 30 and rightly so. Those turned out to be some of the best years of
I made a commitment to practice self-care, no matter what I weighed, and I began by doing things like wearing
One of my favorite words is “beginning” because it conveys strength and hope. In the beginning everything is shiny and
As long as the Rollings Stones continue performing, I’ll continue going to their concerts. The first time I saw the
I have supported the Aids Memorial from the very beginning because what is remembered, lives. My generation of hair stylists,
I was borrowing a cup of sugar from my neighbor down the street and noticed that in her dining room,
Any woman over the age of 40 who falls from the height of her own body–in other words, doesn’t get
It’s that time of the year again. Summer’s fast approaching, and I can literally hear the gleeful rubbing of hands
A few years ago my husband built a butterfly garden in my backyard. It’s a beautiful space that attracts butterflies
How many of us have reinvented ourselves over the years, particularly as we find ourselves with an empty nest or