Struggles, challenges, wells of pain, and really, really messy times happen — for all of us. One of the things I’ve found helpful in climbing out of worry, stress, overwhelm, and depression: ditching the fight and reminding myself life is…
Thoughts Potent; Meditation Handy
Thoughts are kind of funny things. They can seem insignificant, inconsequential, something that happens, beyond our control. And they are the sleepers of life: wildly powerful. Where our thoughts regularly go, so do we. It’s not about “thinking positively!” all…
Looking At Snapshots
When we read an article on how to eat, meditate like a pro, tone our abs, or ace an interview, it’s just that — an article with an idea. We can take it or leave it. When we see an…
Getting More Done
Thoughts on beating burnout and becoming more productive — with my teen in mind. Dear Lexie, “Get more done!!!!” is on my brain right now — this space is quicksand. I know you’ve spent plenty of time in “go harder,…
Make Me Happy: On Happiness and Other People
A tough (though useful) life lesson I’m starting to get (after years of trying to please every coach, teacher, boss, and other “authority figure,” even into adulthood, and seeing that I, too, had begun to rely on others in order…
Give Me Promises, Labels, and Answers
I want badly to have things neatly sorted out. To know. To have all questions answered. As if somehow the certainty will help me feel better. Because then there won’t be the discomfort of the unknown. That once everything is…
Belonging To Oneself
If we want our children to belong to themselves*, to know and feel and get that they are awesome and worthy and enough and full of potential and possibility, that they do not need to fit into the box of…
Crazy Go Fast Lady
Yesterday was the first “real” day of summer break for my two youngest and me (no remaining school functions or purely recovery days from the fullness of the last few weeks). As noted in yesterday’s post, I’m realizing that I…
Do You Like Structure? I’ve Been Ambivalent
Today I’m thinking about structure and schedules. This brain dump moves around a bit (my thought process is rarely linear; in most posts I try to make it more so, though today I’ll let it dance where it wants). There…
Don’t Be A Moron (About Money)
Welcome to Money+ Monday. Today we’re talking money. In addition to the social-emotional learning and mental health skills that needed reinforcement in my teens/twenties, learning about finances and managing my money were real life skills that needed some work, too,…