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 …
Continue Reading about Self-care: It’s not about duration—It’s about frequency.
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 …
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 …
Continue Reading about The Weight of Emotional Clutter (Plus, 4 Concrete Steps to Clearing It Out)
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 …
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 …
Continue Reading about Permission to Unfollow: Social Media and Emotional Health
My friend Sydney’s husband—a man far too young to be bound to his bed—recently tripped and fell while walking through their cluttered home. It was the kind of accident that could happen to any of us. A simple fall. But somehow it damaged his spinal cord… limiting his mobility for the rest of his …
Continue Reading about Mess Causes Stress: 11 Rules for Messy People Who Want to Get Tidy
