You can radically accept, in order to change

When change is necessary, we will feel rocked, shaken, uncomfortable and unready – actually, probably very unready. We want to hide – and there are oh-so-many great hiding places – anger, isolation, addiction, self-righteousness, pain, illness, rumination, gossip, lashing out on social media, blame, and of course, self-loathing. Anything to avoid the unbearable squeeze of change looming, and the knowledge that it is up to us to do something about it if we want to stop feeling this way.

Self, RelationshipsMolly ChansonNovember 12, 2018 Comments

To Make a Beginning

It is Saturday, so my husband Nick stays home with the boys while I go to yoga class.

Relationships, Divorce, Self, YogaMolly ChansonJuly 12, 2018 Comments

Self Care as Soul Connection

Have you ever looked around at the toys on the floor, the dishes in the sink, and the tiny handprints on the walls and wondered, “Did I really manifest this?” “Is this the life I asked for?”

Self, Yoga, HealthMolly ChansonMarch 7, 2018Comment

Learning to Trust Myself

My second son Andrew was a few days home from the hospital and my milk still hadn’t come in.

Self, RelationshipsMolly ChansonJanuary 30, 2018Comment

Spaces

A brand new mom walks down the sidewalk with her 3-week-old baby snuggly secured to her chest in a carrier.

Motherhood, SelfMolly ChansonDecember 8, 2017Comment

It Is You

In my dream, I was riding my bike. I was on a hill, going down, but for some reason I couldn’t move.

Self, MotherhoodMolly ChansonNovember 10, 2017Comment

Always Enough Love

When I talk about my clothing line, the questions I get asked the most are, “Do you have a fashion background?”

Self, MotherhoodMolly ChansonOctober 4, 2017Comment

Held

You did not die. You were here the whole time. And so was he.

Self, RelationshipsMolly ChansonSeptember 11, 2017Comment

Let Us

Let’s talk about pedestals and comparisons and jealousy. Then, let’s take it a step further and talk about racism and sexism and hate.

Self, MotherhoodMolly ChansonAugust 16, 2017Comment

Listen

What if everything we need to hear is all around us, talking. Reaching out to touch our shoulder.

SelfMolly ChansonJuly 31, 2017Comment

Sacred Space

Space is a beautiful thing. Space is where the magic and the meaning happen. Without space, there would be no open field.

SelfMolly ChansonJuly 25, 2017Comment

Collecting Pain

We all know pain. And when we feel it, there’s one thing we want to do – get as far away from it as possible.

SelfMolly ChansonJuly 10, 2017Comment

Love Yourself. Wear Lipstick

I keep a small collection of lipsticks in the little console of my car. The square, black container is right next to the gear shift.

Self, FashionMolly ChansonJuly 10, 2017Comment

Survival

Tiny breathing, his chest flutters up and down. How surely the routine comes to us;

SelfMolly ChansonJune 28, 2017Comment