When we feel crappy, it’s hard to show up (hello, crappy zone!). Enter self-care baseline. Yes, it’s THAT important.
Take it with a Grain of Sand
One teen’s adventure with sand dunes, 103 F heat, and remembering some wise advice from Ferris Bueller.
Learn to Love Learning
Trying to do it all? Getting burned out on learning isn’t a great place to be. Some thoughts to consider.
Building a Constructive Summer with Joyce Wong
Want to work with your kids to create a summer that feels useful in terms of learning and exploring as well as relaxing? I recently spoke with educator Joyce Wong about building a constructive summer. Here’s our conversation.
You Need a Resume: Tips on Creating Yours for HS and College Students
Looking to apply for a summer job, college scholarship, or program? A solid resume is a useful place to start.
Year-Round: Goodbye, Lifeline — Hello, Holes in Web
What is a great opportunity to make lots of money worth to you? Does it take precedence over your well being?
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.
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…