Self-reflection isn’t only about discovering what needs to change. Sometimes the harder work is recognizing what is already extraordinary. The Mirror Doesn’t Only Show Your Flaws explores why we so easily minimize the abilities that come naturally to us, the difference between confidence and arrogance, and why knowing your strengths is essential to intentional growth. The mirror is there to show the whole truth, including the brilliance you may finally be ready to own.

In 1985, a group of politically connected parents decided something had to be done about the sex, violence, drugs and occult imagery finding its way into popular music, and Gen X suddenly found itself at the center of a national battle over art, children and control. From Prince and the infamous Filthy Fifteen to Frank Zappa, John Denver, Dee Snider and the Senate hearing that helped usher in the Parental Advisory era, this Rock ’n’ Roll Angel deep dive explores the PMRC, the generations of musical moral panic that came before it, and the artists who kept pushing against the walls. Forty years later, the technology has changed, but the question hasn't disappeared: Where does protecting the next generation end and controlling what they can hear begin?

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When Twisted Sister exploded across MTV with “We’re Not Gonna Take It,” Gen X understood the assignment. Big hair, screaming guitars, outrageous glam, an over-the-top parent and one glorious declaration of rebellion became part of our generational reflex. But more than forty years later, those words found me again and meant something entirely different. In this Gen X Reflex, I look back at the song, the video, the glam-metal madness and the line in the sand that helped define us, while discovering that sometimes the music that gave us strength as kids can return decades later and help us reclaim pieces of ourselves we thought we'd left behind. 🤘❤️

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Growth should change us, but it shouldn’t erase us. Alignment Over Assimilation explores the subtle difference between developing the skills we need to grow and changing ourselves simply to become more acceptable to the room. We can learn, adapt, evolve, and become stronger without surrendering the voice, instincts, and creative identity that make us who we are. Don’t confuse becoming better with becoming somebody else.

We know Rose as the flower of romance, but that barely scratches the surface of what this extraordinary plant has meant to humanity. In Rose: The Powerhouse Disguised as a Flower, we look beyond the bouquet to explore centuries of Rose in food, fragrance, traditional wellness practices, spirituality, perfumery, ceremony, and emerging research. From edible petals and rosewater to essential oil, rosehips, sacred symbolism, and those wonderfully protective thorns, Rose reminds us that beauty and strength have never been opposites. Never mistake beauty for a lack of power. 🌹

For Gen X, classic rock once meant the legendary music we inherited: Hendrix, The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, Cream, Deep Purple and the artists who helped build the language of rock ’n’ roll. Then one perfectly innocent day, I heard a radio DJ introduce Metallica, Motörhead, Foreigner and Def Leppard as classic rock, and my sanity briefly left the building. 😂 In “Classic Rock: Wait... When Did That Become Us?” I take a trip through the music we inherited, the musicians who became our teachers, and the slightly horrifying realization that the soundtrack of our own youth has now earned its place in rock history. Maybe becoming classic isn't so bad after all. 🤘❤️

One of the things I have been learning in psychology that I find particularly interesting is how the mind protects itself without us even realizing it. We often think of protection as something conscious. We choose to walk away, to stay quiet, to distract ourselves, or to avoid something that hurts. But sometimes, the mind does the protecting for us before we are even aware that there is something to protect.

Warm, familiar, and delicious, Vanilla may be one of the world’s most recognizable aromas, but “The Sweet One” has a story far richer than its familiar scent suggests. In this installment of The Power of 29, we journey from the vanilla orchid and its Indigenous roots to the remarkable story of Edmond Albius, explore the connection between aroma, pleasure, and memory, and discover why wellness doesn’t always have to be about fixing something. Sometimes creating a moment simply because it feels wonderful is reason enough. After all, pleasure belongs in the apothecary, too. 🤎🌿

Before we start plotting where we want to go, there’s another question worth asking: Who is making the journey? The Mirror and the Map explores why self-awareness comes before intentional growth, why reflection means recognizing our gifts as well as our blind spots, and how understanding who we truly are can help us build a path that actually belongs to us. First the mirror. Then the map. Then the journey.

The first time I heard Pat Benatar sing “Heartbreaker,” I was a lonely Gen X girl who didn’t always feel particularly powerful, and suddenly this extraordinary voice came roaring through my radio with enough strength for both of us. Decades later, Pat is a four-time Grammy winner, a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, and still beside guitarist, creative partner, and husband Neil Giraldo, with whom she built one of rock’s most enduring musical and personal partnerships. In the first installment of Ladies of Gen X Rock, I look back at the woman, the music, the love story, and the voice that helped a generation of young women discover a little of our own strength while we were growing up alongside her. And then Pat Benatar sang. ❤️🤘

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I’m no Cinderella story, but if Cinderella was black, you might mistake her for someone else and me as this poor little enslaved orphan that couldn’t stand on her own two feet…much less remember to go and get a slipper up there on some odd-even stairs.

MTV didn't just change how we watched music. It changed how an entire generation experienced it. Suddenly the voices coming through our radios had faces, stories, fashion, personalities and entire visual worlds built around their songs. From VJs and video premieres to Headbangers Ball, the VMAs and the unforgettable cry of “I Want My MTV,” this is a trip back to the moment music became something we could see, share and grow up with, and a reflection on why remembering MTV today means remembering a little bit of who we were. ❤️🤘

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