A few nights ago, I sat among seven women—five of whom I'd never met before—and cried my "little girl cry."I first identified my "little girl cry" a year ago, while I was training to become a life coach. I had volunteered to be coached in front of my class, and the technique my trainer used on …
Self-care: It’s not about duration—It’s about frequency.
It was 7pm and my 6-year-old was in the middle of her 20 millionth meltdown of the day. (Or at least, it darn well FELT like that many!)I suggested she take a bath and get ready for bed—to which she responded like I had suggested we pull out some teeth just for the heck of it!I looked at …
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The Promise of Living Clutter-Free
This morning I walked into our house after a jog and felt this immense gratitude for the place that’s the staging ground for so many of our family memories: Home.Granted, most of the time, the pillows are on the ground, homework is on the coffee table, and the floors are covered with crumbs, but …
The Weight of Emotional Clutter (Plus, 4 Concrete Steps to Clearing It Out)
I’ve struggled for most of my life with this recurring thought: “No one really sees or appreciates the things I do.”I can vividly remember venting this frustration, with tears filling my eyes, to a mentor of mine as early as my mid-teens. And it only became more pronounced when I started my …
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The Dark Side of Donating
Our bus rattled to a stop on the side of a dirt road, the driver motioning with his hands that we should all pile out. We stepped down from the bus and into the dusty brush of a Zambian landscape. The driver and a few volunteers set to work on a flat tire. The rest of us would wait.The …
Permission to Unfollow: Social Media and Emotional Health
A couple of years ago, I was following a woman on social media. I liked that she didn’t try to paint herself as perfect. For every styled-out photo she posted of herself holding a cup of coffee with beautifully manicured hands, she shared one of herself with a wild-haired toddler on her hip and not …
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