You know those moments of sudden, inexplicable clarity that strike when you least expect them? The kind of moments that make you think of yourself as old Erica and new Erica? Like there are suddenly two versions of you—and you know you’ll never go back to being the way you were before. I …
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Exactly a year ago, I was walking my kids home from school, engrossed in my own thoughts—there in body with my children but miles away in my head. I was running through my mental list of holiday to-do’s. Despite my racing mind (and probably more out of habit than anything else), I asked my …
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Recently, a podcast listener asked, “How do I get close family members to respect my boundaries, like an early bedtime for myself?” (Have you ever wondered that same thing? I know I have!) Another listener asked, “How do I hold boundaries for alone time with my persistent, …
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Do you ever feel like your time isn’t your own? Like you’ve parceled it out to everyone and everything around you? Over the summer, my husband took our kids out of town for a week. I noticed during that week that I woke up every morning instantly feeling FREE, just knowing that the entire day was …
The first time I saw a therapist, I’d been married for about five years and had two little boys under age two. I was feeling a bit lost, both in my marriage and my life in general as I made the huge transition to raising a family. I remember packing up to leave a session and mentioning in …
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There was this girl on my high school tennis team that I could never beat. Her name was Delilah. A little backstory: Every year, at the beginning of the season, we’d all play each other to determine where each of us would rank on the team. It’s been a couple years (ha), but I want to say …
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