For many of us, especially in motherhood, we can unconsciously make joy dependent on circumstances.
Are my kids happy? Are they doing well in school? Is my husband healthy and content? Are we
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Connection Doesn’t Always Require Words
How was your summer?
We enjoyed some traveling and lots of pool time. Everyone is still adjusting to back to school and earlier bedtime/wake time routines, and I am slowly transitioning back to
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Selflessness & Summer Sanity
I just finished the first round of edits for my next book, due to publish next Spring! I am so excited to share more about it with you all soon. For now, just know it will be a resource I really
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Are You Overwhelmed by Culture’s Obsession With the Body?
Some questions I have been asking myself lately--
What would happen if we got back to God's good plan and design for both food and our bodies?
What would happen if we began guarding ourselves
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What Do You Do When Your Child’s Feelings Are Hurt?
How do you respond when your child says their feelings were hurt? When they share someone was unkind or critical of them?
Do you race to rescue? To problem solve? Do you swoop in to
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If We Don’t Transform Our Pain, We Will Most Assuredly Transmit it
These wise words were once written by Richard Rohr, and I believe them to be true.
Something happened a few weeks ago at a tennis clinic, and it brought up a lot for me. I shared about it on my
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Helping Her Embrace Womanhood (Part 2)
In my last newsletter, I introduced the Bridges’ 3-phase framework of transition — Ending, Wilderness, New Beginning — that I used to develop a model to help you help your daughter progress from
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How To Help Her Leave Childhood Well (part 1)
I recently finished a paper for my graduate program on managing transitions well within an organization. At first I didn't think there would be much to glean, after all, I am a self employed writer,
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Are You Struggling This Back To School Season?
Inside are a few tips that are saving me right now!
Perhaps like my family, you have children who have gone back to school. Saying goodbye to slow mornings and gentle routines can be hard, but I
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How the Obsession With Self Care May Actually Be Hurting You
In marketing and advertising, self care is often used as a theme to connect emotionally with consumers, promote wellness-oriented lifestyles, and position products as essential to a person’s mental,
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