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Not My Circus The past several years have felt like a lesson in letting go. From sending one bird from my nest each year for the past few years, (why did I have […]

Finding Presence in a Busy Season of Life Life moves fast. I am wearing many hats right now – mom, wife, professional, student, and friend. Some days it feels like I’m racing from one rol […]

Staying Present: Lessons from Kids and Coffee You know who’s really good at staying present? Kids. They don’t worry about whether they sent the right emoji in that last text. They’re too b […]

When Caring for Yourself Feels Uncomfortable Sometimes prioritizing my well-being means doing something I don’t enjoy, like letting something go.  Not because I’ve stopped caring about it. […]

A Quiet Rebellion More than likely we think of a rebellion as a violent act of a mob, bent on overthrowing an established system of authority. “Down with the e […]

Prioritizing Well-Being: One Small Habit at a Time When I think about prioritizing well-being, I don’t picture spa days or big lifestyle overhauls — I picture small, consistent actions that add up […]

Date Night for One: Prioritize your Mental Wellbeing “You, yourself, as much as anyone in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection” ~Buddha September signals the start of change. The day […]

Redefining Rest She finally sat down to rest. A warm cup of tea in her hands, a favorite show queued up, the house finally — blessedly — quiet. And then it sta […]

When I Finally Found the Words: Post-Traumatic Growth This summer in grad school, I learned a phrase that stopped me in my tracks: post-traumatic growth. Have you ever felt something deep inside but […]

Turning Stress into Connection The doors close. It’s just you and the VP who sent that cryptic “Can we talk?” email. Your brain scrambles through every possible scenario — fro […]

The Fantasy of Getting It All Together I’ve spent a lot of time trying to get my life “together.” Color-coded to-do lists. New planners. Digital systems. Productivity methods with cleve […]

Women’s Equality Day: Carrying the Torch of Courage On August 26, 1920, women in the United States woke up to a new reality. The 19th Amendment had been certified, and for the first time, women […]

My To-Do List Great, another thing I need to add to my to-do list. You’re about to leave work, and your coworker just told you that the presentation was m […]

You’re Not a Machine: Navigating Stress with Sanity in a Loud World Stress doesn’t always arrive with a warning label. Sometimes it’s obvious—a slammed laptop lid after a tense Zoom call, a missed deadline that […]

Let’s Get This Party Started! In July of 1993 I joined with a team of parents to chaperone a 5-day conference for our teens. Imagine 500 teens descending on a hotel for a week, […]

Do It Scared It started about a year and a half ago, when I was stretched to the very end of my rope in my job as a first grade teacher and made up my mind that […]

The Balancing Act Managing your Mental Load “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” ~Lou Holtz Many days you come home, exhaust […]

Balancing the Mental Load: A Working Woman’s Reality and Response I’m a mom, a wife, a nonprofit CEO, and a graduate student. My calendar is full—overflowing, honestly. That means I’m also the keeper of the f […]