My human heart hurts when I hear about a suicide. Two have been in the news this past week and more have happened I haven’t heard about. RIP, Kate and Anthony (and all of those whose names I don’t have).…
Sacrificing Isn’t Noble
This is a letter to my oldest as she approaches her high school graduation. Dear Lexie, Thank you for inviting me to your baccalaureate service. I’m delighted to support and celebrate you and your accomplishments. The ceremony included lovely talks…
Thoughts Hold Water
I used to think that caring about the thoughts rolling around in my head was stupid, impractical, and kind of a waste of time. I mean, thoughts just showed up. What command did I have over them? I wasn’t the…
Self-Care: Love/Hate, Is/Isn’t
Self-care: I have a love/hate relationship with this concept. I love it because I’ve learned the hard way that when I’m treating myself like a garbage dump (mentally, physically, emotionally, and any other way), it’s way, way harder to show…
TBD Tuesday: Updates!
I’ve been pondering the direction of my work over the past few weeks. I’ve spent days feeling like it’s all so messy and I have no idea what I’m doing — and then it hit me that I remind myself…
Talking Depression
Research shared by the World Health Organization indicates rates of depression are on the rise. I don’t doubt it. I’d bet we all know more people than we think who are dealing or have dealt with depression. Perhaps you have.…
Who am I kidding? It’s for me
I write about what I like to call “Real Life Skills” because these are some of the mission critical pieces (particularly relating to self awareness) that I needed to learn and apply in order to function (let alone thrive) day-to-day —…
Creating Their Own Content
The world of our children and their experience is different than ours is/was. And that’s not good nor bad. It simply is. However, the general human underpinnings, feelings and emotions, yearnings and wanting to belong — it’s there for our…