How to Create a Will [Secure Your Family’s Future In 9 Easy Steps]
Have you ever had an event happen that knocks some sense into you and jolts you into action? That’s the exact experience I had a couple of months ago. I […]
Category Archives: Women
17 Essential Career Lessons I’D Give to My Younger Self; Insights for Young Women
“I wish someone had told me!” Or “I wish I knew!” How many times have you found yourself saying these words out loud after you experience something? Chances are, if […]
gapmuse Year in Review: Best Stories & Moments of 2021
Vaccinated, boosted, in-person dance and school for kids, family hangouts, catching a pint (read having a drink) with friends, dining out, and so much more good stuff! What a difference […]
9 Things I Learned from Sending My Kids on a Kenyan Summer Vacation Without Me [+Stunning Photos & Videos]
Promise me you won’t cry mama, my little said to me. I looked at her speechless trying to mask my welling emotions of sadness and angst, reminding myself to keep […]
Why You Should Explore Your Passions (whether you’re paid for them or not!)
In life, we’re often told to focus on one thing. If we’re in high school, we’re told to focus on our grades and SAT scores so that we can get […]
11 women who inspired us in 2020; profiles in resilience, leadership & compassion you can mirror in 2021 [+video]
2020 was the year of the woman…but not in the way we hoped it to be. She-cession, domestic violence, caretaking, essential workers. What do these words have in common? They […]
5 must-add books to your 2021 reading list [from our 2020 gapmuse bookshelf]
Happy New Year gapmusers! Hope your 2021 is off to a great start! We’ve resolved to roll into this year setting goals as we always do but with a caveat; […]
gapmuse year in review: stories and moments that got us through 2020
Typically the title for this blog would be “gapmuse Year in Review: Best of 2020.” But “best” just didn’t seem appropriate for 2020! The most fitting was “stories and moments […]
10 Things We’re Most Thankful for this Thanksgiving
I wake up suddenly from my deep sleep, my mind racing with all kinds of thoughts. I start to panic because I know soon it will be morning and I […]
Intimacy, Tech & Leisure Pleasure During COVID19 [My Spicy Convo with a Human Sexuality Expert]
Growing up with a staunch presbyterian mother, you best believe the subject of sexuality was a strict no, no! It was taboo to speak of sex…hell I thought, even to […]