The other day, someone said to me, “You are a connector. You put people together and magic happens.”  I was a bit confused. It’s no secret that I don’t really like networking, and I’m also an introvert—hardly a recipe for someone with a reputation for bringing people together. What could they have meant when they called me a connector? That remark stuck with me, mostly because it seemed so incongruous. Sure, I liked putting others in touch with people who could help them, but that could hardly be considered networking, could it?

Dear reader, This is an article about surviving the ending of a partnership. What to do when the person we hold the most dear in our hearts is no longer “our person”—but a person. What to do when our attachment to our partner was the thick rope anchoring us to our lives, anchoring us to the earth. How to keep our hearts open when we trusted in an uncertainty (indeed all relationships are an uncertainty) and got seriously hurt in the process.

Hi, guys! Over the years, we’ve discussed replacing or shrinking the lawn quite a bit in this space. But, aside from using clover, my focus has been primarily on replacing turf grasses with an ever-expanding perennial bed, preferably one packed with native plants. I’ve only barely touched on other groundcovers. That’s why I’ve brought Kathy Jentz here with me today. Kathy is editor and publisher of Washington Gardener Magazine, host of the popular GardenDC podcast (on which I was fortunate to be a guest twice, here and here) and winner of too many awards to detail.

Getting out of your normal life in any capacity is a healthy thing. Breaking habits. Especially in the dead of winter in New York. I was lucky enough to take a trip with my family to one of our very favorite destinations for a month. I know, that is a very long time for a vacation. This is a place we’ve been to before and is slowly becoming a second hom…

This week is my anniversary of quitting my lazy girl job to run Anti Work Girlboss full time. Welcome to a reveal of who I am and why I spend so much time talking about work. My story isn't just about hating work. In my just three and a half years of corporate america I have some life changing wisdom to offer you. While also diving into some more personal sides to me I do not share as often as I would like to.