Author: Stacy Stark, Life Coach and Professional Organizer

What do you do in your free time? Since I've become a mom, I've answered that question with, "What free time?" That wasn't completely fair. My kids always had a relatively early bedtime. Then, as they got older, they didn't need to be entertained quite so much so I've always had free time. Too much… Continue reading Celebrating Relaxation

When you're a mom, you're a mom above everything else. That means when you're sick, you're still a mom. Even when you're chronically sick, you suck it up, you're still a mom. I do what I can, when I can and rest as much as possible. I have a wonderfully supportive boyfriend and my kids… Continue reading Celebrating the Meat-suit

Yesterday, something happened in our neighborhood that got more personal as the day wore on. It became almost surreal. On our way to school in the morning,  just before 8:00am, my daughter and I were passed by a fleet of emergency vehicles. While most of them flew past us when we pulled over to the… Continue reading Celebrate the Tortoise

I've been going through this crazy health nightmare for almost a year. Whatever *this* is, it came on all at once with no outside influence that I know of. Like, I didn't get hit by a car or suffer any other obvious trauma like that. I just felt like I caught a flu. So after… Continue reading Celebrating Needles

"Ghetto-hippie: when you try to be zen AF but you almost get into a physical altercation in the Target parking lot when someone litters. Yeah, folks, this is what I've become...." So, yes, this was my Facebook post yesterday. Let me entertain you with a little story and the 24 hours of self-discovery that followed.… Continue reading Celebrate Flying Slushies

"It's not about the stuff, it's about the process." We lost my dad in February. I asked my stepmom if I could help her go through his things. She said yes. When I brought it up again, she said she was pretty much done but she had some stuff set aside for my brother and… Continue reading Celebrating Stuff (Kind Of)

While this might look like an "Orange Friday, baseball's back, even year, go team" rally picture, it's a whole lot deeper than that. This picture was taken after the San Jose Giant Race last year. I finished the 5 mile race. These were my trophies. I was a badass. I went home afterwards and my… Continue reading Celebrate Healing

One day you'll see That I didn't choose him over you That I chose him because of you. Because you deserve to have a mother who is unbelievably happy Who is in love with life To teach you how to be unbelievably happy To be in love with life No, I don't need a man… Continue reading You’ll See

There are seven billion people on the planet. Ok let me try it this way: 7,000,000,000. Gosh thats a lot of zeros. Give or take a few people of course. That's seven billion souls experiencing life from seven billion points of view. Guess what? We're not always going to agree. Guess what else? We're not… Continue reading Celebrate Diversity

Sometimes it seems like the hardest person to be is yourself. Firstly, because it's so easy to get caught up in who everyone else thinks you should be, and we'll totally address that another time. But right now, I'm thinking more because it's hard to recognize when we're not practicing what we preach. I'll give… Continue reading Celebrate Integrity