The very week the COVID-19 pandemic broke in the U.S., I started seeing messages online about seizing this opportunity and finishing quarantine with something to show for it. On the one hand, I get it. It feels good to give a bit of purpose to this bewildering time. And I …
Continue Reading about The Quiet Silver Linings of the COVID-19 Pandemic
As I write this, here in the U.S. we're about four weeks into school closures and shelter-in-place ordinances for the COVID-19 pandemic. I don't know about you, but I'm finding myself experiencing wide swings of emotion on the daily. To be honest, hourly. The Highs and Lows of COVID-19 One …
Continue Reading about 14 Soothing Thoughts to Give Your Brain—Instead of Your Usual Stressful Ones
Today, my family and I would have been Italy-bound. Instead, we're... home-bound. We’d been saving and planning for this trip for two years. We’d put hours into pinning down places to see, what order to see them in, where to stay, and even what we’d EAT. #foodloversunite We were so excited to …
Continue Reading about Permission to Mourn Your Smallest Losses – During the COVID-19 Pandemic
As events all around the world are being cancelled, I have ONE event I’m not sad to add to that list. Will you join me in cancelling the hardship olympics? I’m tired tonight, as I write this—one week into the U.S.'s response to Covid-19. It’s an hour after my kids have fallen …
Continue Reading about The Pitfall of Comparative Suffering & Why Empathy Is the Cure
The first time I remember really battling feelings of inadequacy was when I became a wife and mom. Before that, I’d been a fairly confident teen and young adult, and outside of my parents, I didn’t have anyone to be "enough" FOR. But once I had my own family, I found myself needing to …
Continue Reading about 37 Things You Don’t Have to Do or Be in Order to Be ENOUGH
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.
