Day #6...a person you'd love to trade places with for a day...

gwyneth paltrow...for a few (okay a million) reasons. a few I have pics for:
she is married to a musician who is passionate and an amazing artist and who she clearly loves deeply...I long for a life partner

She has a daughter (something I have, but not with me and that totally sucks every single day of my life). And she had the guts to name her Apple because she thought it was just a nice-sounding name. And in this picture she is in a market in London with her daughter. That statement alone is just pure jealousy.

She has a son. His name is Moses. She clearly loves being a mom (I know this because I read her blog) and this picture was taken in Spain...(jealousy?).


My best friend in San Francisco, Kara, introduced me to a Gwyneth obsession (and seven thousand other amazing things) and also to her blog:

http://www.goop.com

In this blog she has lots of "sub topics"....be, make, go, get, do, etc. etc.

This quote was part of "Be"...the best part of her blog: she doesn't think she knows everything...she actually just finds people she knows (albeit amazingly famous and educated people) who talk on the subject of the blog. She just writes an eloquent letter at the top or reviews the place/food/clothes/shoes/book/etc.

I first learned about Cynthia Bourgeault almost two years ago when I started looking for scholars and thinkers to contribute to the BE section on GOOP. Her words have been a powerful inspiration ever since. In her new book, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene, through biblical research and analysis of several forgotten Gospels—including the Gospel of Mary Magdalene—she is able to show this often reviled character as another apostle and a companion of Jesus’. In their relationship, she posits the possibility of a true and mystical love and through it, forgiveness and salvation.

Love,
gp

And yet another quote that made love her even more because she reads dooce.com (which is an awesome, awesome blog thing my sister found for me)

Postpartum Depression
When my son, Moses, came into the world in 2006, I expected to have another period of euphoria following his birth, much the way I had when my daughter was born two years earlier. Instead I was confronted with one of the darkest and most painfully debilitating chapters of my life. For about five months I had, what I can see in hindsight as postnatal depression, and since that time, I have wanted to know more about it. Not only from a hormonal and scientific standpoint, and why so many of us experience it, but from the perspective of other women who have gone through it. Below is a description of the condition by Dr. Laura Schiller - a New York city based OB/GYN -, an indelibly beautiful piece by Bryce Dallas Howard chronicling her very personal experience, a connection to Heather B. Armstrong - a writer and blogger who continues to share her experience on dooce.com, and advice from psychologist and frequent GOOP contributor (and mother of two) Dr. Karen Binder-Brynes.

Love,
- gp

Something I want to do....if Gwyneth does it, though -- geez --- can I do it??

Tracy Anderson Metamorphosis
By now, I think you all know how amazing I think my trainer, partner and friend Tracy Anderson is, how she kicked my twice pregnant ass into shape, and keeps taking me to new levels. Tracy’s dream has always been to be able to make her ingenious customized-to-your-problem-areas program available to any woman who is up for the challenge—and now she has. See below! It’s pretty f’ing great 'cause it works!...

And, finally, Gwyneth is everything I want to be. She is an actress, a singer, a mother, a wife, and she's absolutely gorgeous.