Jen Lawrence

Once upon time, there was a Toronto mom named Jen Lawrence (because that damned actress stole her full name) who gave up a career in investment banking to go forth and multiply, and promptly lost her mind. Hence her practice of referring to herself in the third person...

As the author of the pioneering mommy blogs T. O. Mama and MUBAR, I wrote about taboos such as post partum depression, maternal ambivalence and why it's so hard to get a damned coffee alreadywhen wielding a double stroller. They made a documentary about my experience. Sadly, I was played by an actress, thus thwarting my life-long desire to appear on reality tv. Real Housewives of Oakville, wherefore art thou?

After disappearing from the blogosphere during my divorce, I re-emerged in a dizzying array of ever changing blogs, bouncing from Blogger to Wordpress and back again. I also wrote a fun little business book called Engage the Fox, but I don't like to spread that around unless I am talking to strategy profs in need of a textbook, in which case I mention it ad nauseam.

I dated a series of men ranging from boring to Satan's less-nice-cousin before settling down with the Mr.. He was the neighbourhood's resident hot widower (he had all his teeth, all his hair, a job, and a house. Plus, he was a beloved coach in town. Booyah!) Needless to say, this angered some of the local ladies. They like to let me know that I'm not welcome in town. And apparently some of them still read my blog. Hello there, ladies!

I'm now a writer, working on a novel about Surviving Stepford. Believe me, there is a lot of material here! The working title is The Saints of Suburbia.

I'm currently a blogger at 1010ParkPlace.com and The Huffington Post, and, of course, I write here. I love to write about midlife change, style, over-40 beauty, reality tv (RHONY, Ladies of London: you are my spirit animals!), anxiety, self-care and books (I run a book club at 1010 Park Place.) I appreciate every reader and I love to hear from y'all.