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When fear shows you the way

    This summer I told Robin, my career coach of 15 years, how tired I felt from lugging fear around with me all the time. She responded “Maybe it’s time you made friends with fear. It doesn’t seem like it’s going anywhere soon.” Her words shot straight to my gut. Instead of facing fear or trying to hide from it, what if I simply made room for fear? What if I let fear out of the trunk and let her ride in the passenger seat? I’d already fed her half a bag of dill pickle potato chips,… Read More »When fear shows you the way

    Justin Feminist Shirtless Trudeau Writes His Out of Office Email

      Thank you for your email. I, Feminist Shirtless and GQ’s Most Stylish Politician–Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau–am out of the office/growing out my hair again.   I humbly apologize that I cannot respond in my typical prompt self-effacing pre-1995 Hugh Grant fashion. Expect a reply at my earliest convenience; aka as soon as my lean-but-bulging forearms allow me to perform this emergency c-section on the mountain yeti I discovered (and tandem-planked alongside) while singing quantum physics lullabies to young-and-soon-to-be legal marijuana crops in Toronto. Assuming all goes well with the baby mountain yeti delivery, and… Read More »Justin Feminist Shirtless Trudeau Writes His Out of Office Email

      Stronger than we think

        The other morning I pulled a Goddess card with the message “You are stronger than you think.” A Goddess Guidance Oracle Card looks like a Tarot card but features ladies that resemble your hippie elementary school music teacher who never left the 1960s; flowing hair, lute, a super comfy lap and a fire-breathing or rainbow-shooting animal companion. The cards come with a guidebook which provides all the answers to life. Sometimes the messages give broad directives like avoid negative thinking. Other times they provide specifics like go outside or get a cat. If the Goddess… Read More »Stronger than we think

        Pictured, #NotPictured

          Pictured: The serene view from our cabin rental last week on Lake Superior. #NotPictured: The getting-out-of-town tango (endless lists/laundry/packing, bonus: freezer dying and food spoiling) includes heavy sighing on my part, and lots of tongue-biting on Husband’s part. Not to mention the which lights do we leave on and off two-step; I turn them off and he turns them on. Followed by  just one last waltz with the bathroom. Times three. #NotPictured: The nine hour drive. I begin to relax 45 minutes in, and Husband says the only way this morning could’ve been worse was… Read More »Pictured, #NotPictured

          Restocking the shelves, restocking the stories (Join me next week at DreamBank Madison!)

            It’s restocking time in casa de Imig, both literally and metaphorically. After wrapping an indescribably soulful and joy-filled 41-city LTYM season and 7th annual Madison show, I need to grocery-grab, post-production paper-push, pile-sort, organize, houseclean, parent, and especially reconnect with family and friends. As I anticipate my favorite month of the year–June (also known as La Mes de Watch Ann Finally Collapse)–I must call on my last resolve to sign all the permission slips, deal with the camp forms, attend/chaperone End Of The Year Everything, and most importantly not pull a muscle trying to barrel… Read More »Restocking the shelves, restocking the stories (Join me next week at DreamBank Madison!)

            Game Changers

              On Friday night I sat among colleagues and friends in Dana Point, California, as a nominee at the 3rd Iris Awards ceremony at Mom 2.0 Summit. I felt uneasy in the nervy WILL MY NAME BE CALLED environment, although I absolutely assumed my name would not be called–not because I don’t believe in myself or the project. Considering the project has been around for 6 years and I’d been nominated for the third year in a row, I put my cards on the others–nominees changing the game in huge vital ways–and didn’t think too much… Read More »Game Changers

              My Favorite Mother’s Day memory? Maybe not when I got a black t-shirt for a push present.

                This post is sponsored by Luvs as part of their #ShareTheLuv campaign When Husband and I set our wedding date for May 30th, my boss at the time, Ellen,  joked “You didn’t plan that very well, Ann. Your birthday, Mother’s Day and your wedding anniversary all in the same month?!?” Already a mom herself, Ellen knew something I didn’t–that my days were numbered of ME serving as the central focus from which all holiday centrifugal force emanated. At that point in my life, Mother’s Day didn’t move the needle much for me on the holiday… Read More »My Favorite Mother’s Day memory? Maybe not when I got a black t-shirt for a push present.

                SUPER SECRET LIFE HACK! Clean your floors with old gross coffee!

                  I made a huge discovery this morning. You can use old gross coffee to clean your floors! Follow my easy step-by-step guide (while you pretend I shot it in real time and edited it into a fast-motion video like a self-respecting legit momblogger). Drink some coffee and leave mug somewhere in the household-etherworld per your usual. Put away the clean mugs sitting on the counter after your kids empty the dishwasher–not because the kids can’t reach the mugs, but because they couldn’t three years ago, you are slow to adjust, and children prey on weakness.… Read More »SUPER SECRET LIFE HACK! Clean your floors with old gross coffee!

                  COOL STUFF GOING ON!!

                    Last night I dreamed I went to France without any Francs. Maybe this dream stems from the fact that I rarely have cash money in my wallet. Since my kids don’t accept debit cards yet for allowance, they are more than a little accustomed to IOUs aka broken promises. Pretty sure you can’t pay for a cafe au lait with broken promises. I think this dream relates to my anxiety about so much cool stuff going on and a fear of finding myself unprepared. This fear manifests in reality when I forget to tell the… Read More »COOL STUFF GOING ON!!

                    Tedx Talks I Give In My Head

                      Smoked meats forever: The day I stopped caring about how everything is toxic and doubled-down on mini turkey pepperoni Everything you worry and complain about would make your great-grandmother laugh and then retch: Let’s detail it, then go to the float tank and cry Meeting Q&As: There are no stupid questions, but please resist the allure of your voice and let us go about our treacherous-enough life paths Maintain your parenting standards by protecting your kids from social media and violent video games: Isolate kids from their peers, hold them firmly behind the online learning… Read More »Tedx Talks I Give In My Head