Journaling is not my jam. I want to journal, but I never know what to write about? Great question and one I hear often. If journaling is not your jam because you find yourself stuck on a blank page, I have an invitation for you. The good news--you don’t need to know what you’re going to write about before you get to the page. What is the...
A big mistake I made was believing that I could somehow “fix” the struggle my daughter was having with her mental health. That I could study and read and think our way out of the terrifying reality of the uncertain time we were in. I spent hours privately consuming ideas, tools, podcasts, books, videos, suggestions and stories from other parents who had already been where we were....
I forgot how busy May and June get around our house. Baseball season, dance season, end of school field trips, concerts, all the things as we anticipate the end of another school year. Summer is just around the corner, and I don’t want May to pass without acknowledging it’s Mental Health Awareness month. In my book, every month is a good month to be mindful of...
Hello and welcome back! Let’s talk morning routines. I’ve been thinking a lot about this topic the past couple of weeks. Our morning routine is a habit and like all habits, we aren’t always conscious of their impact. Reaching for our phone first thing in the morning, wandering into email, social media, all the other places that create...
Let’s talk about comparison. A natural, primal behavior we all find ourselves engaging in from time to time. As with most words, I love to begin with a definition—Comparison: the representing of one thing or person as similar to or like another, an examination of two or more items to establish similarities and dissimilarities. How do we compare ourselves to...