Here is an article I wrote in January of 2010. I'm bringing it back to remind you to clean up your should. 

This holiday season, since around Thanksgiving time, I’ve been shoulding all over the place. I should be doing this, and shouldn’t be doing that. I should be writing or I should be resting or I should be working or I should be doing…anything other than I am. And on and on. And on. Exhausting. I, in fact, created such an enormous pile of should that I practically buried myself under it. But as a reached my arm out through the mound built around me I realized…it’s time to clean some should up.

This month, in preparing for 2011, HerExchange, the fabulous New York-based women's e-zine, is bringing Soapbox Therapy to it's roster of amazing monthly columns! For the December column, a HerExchange reader asked about getting along with family over the holidays while the past year has been anything but cheerful...here's a taste:

"Faking is pretending your feelings don’t exist. Shelf-ing them comes with a certain wisdom– knowing there’s is a time and place, and your feelings deserve to be expressed in a context of respect, not drama."

Check out the entire article HERE!

This month, UrbanGirlSquad introduced Soapbox Therapy to their fabulous roster of monthly columns!

To kick things off, I'm sharing my new favorite acronym: The ERG. Ugh, I so Looovvvve it. Here's a preview:

So, how do you, an authentic woman who doesn’t want to fake happy for the entire month of December, really beat the holiday blues?

Today Primer Magazine reveals the best gift ideas for girlfriends...from girlfriends. Thanks for including me, boys! Check out the article HERE.

So much to be thankful for on this edition of Thursdays With Brooke on She's The CEO!

My relationship with Primer Magazine is still pretty new. I must say, though, we've gotten to know each other pretty quickly and have grown quite fond of one another already. So much so that they've asked me to add some special pieces which will be appropriately titled: Brooke On Boys. Yes, really.

It happens to be the perfect time to celebrate our already flourishing relationship, as Valentines Day is this weekend. So I put a little something together for the boys of Primer called "Why Valentines Day Matters"... because what says I love you more than a special article to make sure the boys don't screw this weekend up...

Happy New Year! This article was recently published with The IS Collection, , (with a few edits) a series of lifestyle based Web sites and gloss publications building community throughout the counties of Marin, Napa and Sonoma, CA. Once a month the publications are distributed to 37,000 San Francisco Chronicle subscribers...

Enjoy the article, and I look forward to getting back on my Soapbox in 2010!