Emily Ishbia

Glass ceiling: So it's a ceiling that you can see through but you can't go through. Right? Typically a term used in corporate America. You can see what others have but it isn't meant for you. I have a hard time with that term. It seems all the role models I look up to the glass ceiling did not apply to them. Maybe in others eyes it did and maybe it was there but they still found a way to break through. It is made of glass not steel. If you hit it hard enough it will

Yup, that is a picture of me and my mom.  Way back when at my house in Naperville, Illinois.  I was probably around 10. Now back to this blog.... Why am I making this so complicated?  God it sounded so simple.... I wanted to do something special each year in memory of my mother.  But I wanted it to be as special as she was.  Something so amazing.  So the whole world would know exactly what it lost when she died.  Maybe a walk in her name with millions of people, or a school n

This Saturday will mark 15 years since I lost my mom to her battle with breast cancer. I write this to share that we are not as alone as we

I'll be honest. I wrote this one and let it sit for awhile. Normally I publish instantly in fear I will change my mind if I wait. I'm not sure if it is a topic people will appreciate me writing about or be offended by my opinions. But in true spirit of all my other posts...... We have one life to live so I am going to share all my thoughts on this topic. So I am sitting in the car waiting for a light in Miami yesterday. I don't have XM radio in my rental car or if I do

Today is a reminder of just how far I have come. Oh, the places I have been and had near mental breakdowns. Let me set the scene for you. I was in peak post partum anxiety at the time. A few years back. My husband came home from an outing with the kids on a Saturday. I greeted them happily as they ran in through the house door. Then I asked where they went to play and that is when it happened. My husband said those horrific words to me. (Imagine the sound of thunder

dealing with anxiety created from watching the news

overcoming anxiety, coping with mental health issues, finding balance

Learning to cope with the loss of my mom

Hear me out. Ever go to a village in a third world country where nobody has fresh water. Your thirsty so your guide gives you a Dasani water in front of everyone in the village. You look at this with disgust and declare "yuck, I don't drink this brand!" I want an Evian. And proceed to dump out the entire contents of the Dasani on the ground. Ok, maybe this is an exaggeration but when I hear someone was actually shedding tears because they found out they were pregnant wi

coping with the loss of my mother to cancer

Overcoming sickness, misdiagnosis and physicians that would not listen