I talk a lot about the messiness of life and learning how to handle the stress and mess a bit more effectively. Here’s my why.
Cringing: Kids and Mental Health
What if my kids struggle with mental health? A thought for helping with the depths (hint: move).
Hard Skills and Soft Skills for Thriving
The THRIVE program supports hard and soft skills, including self-awareness and reflection. Check out Ethan’s thoughts and learnings on the purpose of high school.
Do You Need to Simp?
Today I learned a new concept: “simping” (verb: to simp). This was not one I learned in college, though I now have, thanks to my college kid. Check out her take on getting through struggles and how simping can be…
Getting Through The Struggles
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…
Suicides, Depression, Avatars
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).…
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…
RLS #1: Life Is Messy
Following the post on becoming our own main anchors (an important thing for our teens to learn — helps with autonomy, happiness, and health), let’s start talking about some real life skills on the road to anchoring. Real Life Skill…
Main Anchoring
When I headed off to college, I found myself slowly drowning. Sure, I’d learned a lot of life skills growing up: how to follow a recipe and clean up the house, how often I should see a doctor and dentist…
The First Binge
Life is messy. And sometimes hearing about the stories of others helps us to feel less alone (and can start a shift). In this vein, I’m sharing part of my struggles in my teens/twenties with eating disorders (and depression). I…