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It's been a while since I've offered up any of my usual writing on recovery and life...even my website app is reminding me. "It's been...

There are a few common themes woven through the experiences of recovering women. Women recovering from "all the things" as we like to say...

I gave birth to my baby boy. Well, I was supposed to give birth. That wasn't in the cards for me. Greyson was almost 9lbs and my...

It’s the second week of March and I am sitting at my desk in front of the window on the second floor of my townhouse, taking in the...

Oooooweeee! It’s been a CRUNCHY winter so far! Where I live? SO. MUCH. SNOW. And the sound of it under my winter boots, the iced-locked...

I graduated high school in 1985. 40 (yes, 40!) years ago. I’ve tried to recall what 18-year-old Payton thought her future would look like...

It's been just over a week since I landed back at home from hosting my retreat at La Anita Rainforest Ranch in Northern Costa Rica. I'm...

I’ve been riding the waves lately. But not in the way I used to. For much of my life, I’ve been the person on the heaving boat, hurled...

I’ve been thinking a lot about self-compassion lately and have come to the realization that for most of my life, I’ve avoided it. Why?...