Talking about emotions matters. Being able to tell someone what’s wrong, ask for help, or put a difficult experience into words can make an enormous difference. But when it comes to teenagers, we sometimes place so much value on talking…
Building Teen Emotional Skills Without Turning Every Feeling Into A Conversation
Moments of Joy: Fifty-Two Ideas To Nurture Greater Meaning From Life
Sometimes Small and Simple Things Add Up to Very Big Things When We Make Them into Rituals. The Power of Ritual In Everyday Life It’s hard to believe that the global pandemic with COVID-19 started spring of 2020 well over…
Parenting That Reflects A Family’s Values
Children don’t arrive with an instruction book. Raising children and providing for their physical as well as emotional needs as they mature is a challenging job for which we receive little preparation or formal training. Our fast paced and ever-changing…
What It Really Takes To Build A Creative Life
A quote attributed to Henri Matisse, “Creativity takes courage,” speaks to the heart of the creative life. It’s curious that if you were to ask people what they think the creative life is you would probably get as many different…
Why Choosing Yourself Feels Like Guilt — And Why That’s Proof You’re Healing
There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that doesn’t come from working too hard. It comes from being agreeable for too long — from saying yes when everything inside you was saying no, from smiling through conversations that hollowed you out,…
The Book I Never Wanted To Write (But Couldn’t Not)
The Book I Never Wanted To Write (But Couldn’t Not) is the story behind my new book, The Unbecoming, a deeply personal journey through grief, identity loss, and healing. Eight months. That’s all it took to dismantle a life I…
