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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Today I offer a musing on my experience with depression. I struggled with a severe bout of depression in my later teens and twenties, and the experience and how pieces of depression are part of me continue to inform my…