What if curiosity was the cornerstone of our parenting? Once, before I was a parent and simply a zealous new teacher, I read a book about raising boys. The author had many important things to share but the one that stuck with me was the idea that boys want to share...
Do you believe the universe sends us signals? I do and man have they been coming in fast and furious lately. I’m still figuring out what to do with it, but the message is clear: Couples are struggling with raising kids in the modern world. There was the call from a...
“Explain how that experience felt for you.” “Where do you feel that in your body?” I ask these questions a lot in my therapy office. Wanna know why? The first one is to keep myself from assuming. When I was in grad school, during practice sessions, I often heard...
I’ve heard all the metaphors about motherhood and animal instincts. I know what mama bears look like and how lionesses protect their young. What has taken me longer to realize is the human fierce I’ve gained from being a mother. I don’t mean fierce in the America’s...
A funny thing happened a few weeks ago. I wrote a book. Actually, let me back up a few years. I didn’t just write a book last week. In 2016 I was working at a job that left me with a ton of downtime and nothing but a laptop in front of me. I had just spent a year in a...
