From Fear to Love
I’ve been thinking….As a therapist, one of my greatest joys is bearing witness to my clients finding their voice and feeling what they feel. I help...
I think I’ve got it all wrong!
Oh my gosh, I think I’ve got it all wrong! My “why” that gets me and up working every day is to help parents be the best version of themselves so...
A Helpful Tip from My Therapist
December is probably THE BIGGEST MONTH for parental stress and over-doing it. But this business of raising children is a marathon, not a sprint....
Is Balance in December Possible?
One of the FAQ’s I’m being asked these days is about how to stay in balance. December is always intense for those of us who set ourselves up with...
The Empty Chair – Thanksgiving 2020
Thanksgiving 2020. I have to inhale. Pause. Exhale. So much to be grateful for. So much to grieve. This year as my...
Seeking Common Ground
During the stress of today’s election, I think back to when I was a young social worker who co-founded a non-profit called Seeking Common...
Shout out today to great fathers!
There are so many of you. You are great in such diverse ways. Some of you are no longer with us but your good fathering lives on in your children....
Parenting teens is challenging
No matter who you are It was a typical drive to school with my 15 year old today. We started off pleasantly. Then I started running through my...
That was then…This is now
As I watch, walk, read and listen, I am horrified and heartbroken about the systemic pervasiveness of disrespect and destruction of Black people’s lives that is rooted in racism.
One Way to Start Mother’s Day 2020
I think the sweetest gift I could receive would be WORDS. Words that in spite of my imperfections, my humanity, my annoying idiosyncrasies, and my mistakes along the way … that they’ll take me the way I am. That I am enough.
Enforceable Statements Turn Your Words from Garbage to Gold
TWIN TERRORS CAN CAUSE DOUBLE TROUBLE Every parent knows how exhausting it can be to raise a child, especially toddlers. For parents of twins, that...
Raising Boys Made Me Braver
I have had to call up the intrepid, courageous, and active parts of me that, up until motherhood, had laid somewhat dormant.