Day after day ended the exact same way: me, exhausted and longing to climb into bed… but instead walking around our apartment, gathering the random toys our kids had pulled out, played with for two seconds, and left in…
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Erica Layne
We were standing in my garage when my friend asked— “Excuse my language, but where do you keep all your CRAP?” I looked around and shrugged. “I don’t know… I guess we don’t have that much crap?” The next…
Has something significant ever happened to you that made you think— It’s so weird that just a few minutes ago, I had no idea this was coming. This happened to me once when I slipped in a puddle while…
I believe in the power of the words we tell ourselves. Our inner monologues have so much influence over how we feel. The problem, though, is that our brains are wired to over-learn from negative experiences and under-learn from…
She pulled out her white board. In my experience, breakthroughs come when a therapist pulls out a white board. Moments before, I’d been unloading all of my feelings on her. I didn’t expect anything to change; I just knew…
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Parenting as an Introvert Is Like Having an Out-of-Body Experience
“Mom!” says the 9-year-old. “Band’s in room 9. I don’t even know where room 9 IS! Do you?” “Mom!” says the 7-year-old. “I got two stars today! Remember stars? I told you about them after the first day of…