C’mon. We’re all wondering. Self-care. It’s a term we hear bandied about the internet, in books, in apps, in therapy – but what THE HECK is it, really?! When I first started recovery, all I heard was the insistent buzz of well-meaning people telling me to practice “self-care.” When I questioned what that term actually meant, it seemed to involve taking a lot of baths. BREAKING NEWS: It’s actually not!! And, whew, am I grateful for that, because I don’t like sitting for long p

Whenever I was asked as a child, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I had an immediate answer, straight from the heart, at the ready: “I want to be a singer on a stage and a book editor.” That part was easy. Reading was my first escape – a sacred place in which I could crack open the bound cover and unlock a new world; to lose myself inside of each delicious page. I was rapt, immersed in the fascinating stories, plots that twisted and turned, in love with words which