Stress — it’s not really our friend. One teen learns to say no.
Reminders from a Friend
Life is messy, and healing is always within reach.
New Year’s Disappointments
It’s a new year. Got a list of resolutions? Take a read to help set yourself up so you can actually follow through and make a change.
BFFs are like Pygmy Three-Toed Sloths
A teen’s perspective on learning to make healthy friendships and find your “tribe,” that group that “gets” you.
Simon Says
Education, college, and job preparedness for the real world. What if we could be a Simon?
Scared, Potter? Not of Sea Caves
Jumping off a cliff because your friends are going to? Maybe, just maybe, it’s not always a bad thing for our teens.
Dead Week…and I’m Not Stressed
It’s a crazy busy week in college — stress is knocking. Let’s talk how to answer and not get flattened.
Rush, Hazing, Burnout, and Self-Care?
A while back, I wrote a letter to my teen about beating burnout and becoming more productive. Where the message was driven home for her? Her college’s fraternity rush and hazing. (Yes, you read that correctly.) Reminder to my adult…
Take A Break
Recently Lexie shared some thoughts on the usefulness of taking a break. Yes, that fondness for Netflix may be more useful than my adult self has thought! Today we’ve got another teen’s take on the importance of taking a break,…
Netflix: Teacher of Useful Skills
Times of stress happen — shit hits the fan sometimes. And perhaps, just perhaps, a useful way forward may be to quit trying to force ourselves out of the space and instead take a little while to numb out/procrastinate before…