Ramen and Rituals

I just returned from my first ever visit to Japan to celebrate my girls’ college graduation. One big takeaway: Japan is quite the foodie destination! So naturally, we ate our way through the country. Japan also has a culture of rituals, where food is often at the center. Here are three of our favorites: Omakase Everyone who […]

May is Rituals Central

As you well know, from Mother’s Day to graduations to Memorial Day Weekend, May is rituals central (and as I mentioned last week, earlier this month, my twins Julia and Caroline just graduated from college)! In honor of that, I wanted to share some notable graduation rituals that we can all learn from: One of […]

A ritual worth the schlep

One of our favorite family rituals is going to Madison Square Garden to watch the Knicks play. Even during the years when we were losing more than we were winning (the Knicks are known to break their fans’ hearts!)…it was still always a win for our family. If you’ve read my book Rituals Roadmap you know that […]

Rituals Central

I think we could all agree that it’s been a long (long!) time leading up to yesterday’s Presidential Inauguration. Regardless of who you voted for or if you are happy or upset about the outcome, the US Presidential Inauguration is one of our country’s most illustrious rituals, and I think we’d be missing out if […]

we’re not helpless

I haven’t been able to think about much other than the fires in Los Angeles. Like many of you, I have very close friends who have lost everything. They have a long road ahead figuring out insurance, whether or not to re-build, what kind of “school pods” to send their kids to. As tragic as […]

The world’s greatest onboarding ritual

If you follow me on Instagram, you may know that I’m in Paris for the Olympics! #EricainParis As a former gymnast and a trustee of the US Olympic and Paralympic Foundation, it’s been a thrill to witness what I would call the greatest onboarding ritual on earth. On Friday night, my husband Jeff and I posted up along […]

Don’t be lonely at work 💛

I recently came across a Wall Street Journal article called “The Loneliness of the American Worker,” which included some pretty bleak stats about our modern work lives. Take a look: Which is to say—very little about work is working. People—parents especially—feel stuck at home and lonely, and many people are spending their work day in back-to-back Zoom […]

I deleted instagram

For the last 19 years (except during Covid), I’ve gone away by myself once a year to take a break, get off my technology, and just relax. This year my reset ritual took place over Memorial Day weekend, and as a bonus, I brought my two daughters. As we drove out of NYC to the […]

3 o’clock dance party

Last week I took the stage at Transform to talk about one of my favorite topics – Navigating Leadership in the Hybrid Horizon: The Crucial Role of Middle Managers. The room was packed, so clearly it’s on other people’s minds as well. At the end of the talk, a woman walked up to me to […]