Podcast/Radio Guest Spots

Let’s Talk

On Thursday I had the honor of chatting with Danielle Bean and Elizabeth Foss on the Faith & Family LIVE! podcast. We discussed making friends, and I confessed my own insecurities and hangups about meeting new friends in my new community. I didn’t mention too much that a big part of the reason I haven’tRead the whole post >>

Let’s Talk

How nice it was to chat with Danielle and Lisa yesterday on the Faith & Family LIVE Podcast, especially since I’ve felt rather holed in lately after some serious germ warfare. We covered lots of topics – from kid payola (AKA bribery) and celebrating saints and Halloween, too. (I belong to the camp that celebratesRead the whole post >>

Hear Me, Hear Me…

…on the Son Rise Morning Radio Show filling in for the ever-talented, multitasking maven Danielle Bean tomorrow (Friday, October 15th) at 6:50 a.m. EST. And you know, I’m um just a little, you know, um nervous about chatting with Brian Patrick in place of a Catholic celebrity of such stature and notoriety as Danielle. IRead the whole post >>

I’m a wife, mom of five kids, writer, speaker, storyteller, bibliophile, runner, eating disorder survivor, and perfectionist in recovery. I'm the author of Getting Past Perfect: Finding Joy & Grace in the Messiness of Motherhood and Weightless: Making Peace With Your Body.

I’ve tried a lot of things in my life – anorexia, bulimia, law school, teaching aerobics, extended breastfeeding, vegetarianism, trying to be perfect and failing miserably at it – and through it all I’ve been writing. And learning to embrace the messiness of life instead of covering it up, making excuses for it, or being ashamed of my brokenness or my home’s sticky counters.

Nowadays I’m striving every single, imperfect day to strike a balance between keeping it real and keeping it joyful.