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 my feelings on her. I didn't expect anything to change; I just knew I needed to get the weight off my chest for a while. "I love my kids," I …
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Over and over again, my husband and I kept having the same fight. He would routinely get home from work at 8pm, which happened to be RIGHT after I got our toddler boys down for the night. He’d come home with oddly high energy, after a full day of problem solving and collaborating with …
The other day, my daughter came to me in despair, big tears sliding down her plump cheeks as she told me, "Mia said I shouldn't have colored my dolphin blue, because dolphins are actually GRAY, and that made me feel bad!" She melted into sobs with those last five words: "That made me feel …
Growing up, my home was a collection of other people's things. My parents bought plenty of things new, but many of the biggest items in our home didn't come from a store. My dad made some of our furniture—the dining table of my early childhood, some side tables, and the patio furniture out …
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Today we’re mixing things up with a Q&A episode! I answer your questions values and purpose, deciding when to volunteer, managing anxiety, my favorite quick weeknight dinners—and more! As always, you can listen in the player at the bottom of this post or in your favorite podcast app, or read …
I was walking with a new friend recently when she mentioned that she doesn’t know what to do with her next chapter. She was a teacher before taking some years off to raise her kids, and now that her kids are getting older, she’s asking herself what's next. She knows she doesn’t want to teach …
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