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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Growth Mindset
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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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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Is living satisfied a choice?
Every year I pick a word to focus my heart and mind on, and this year I landed on portion.
It encompasses the many ongoing challenges I have faced; moments when I don't feel as though my career is
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THIS has changed everything.
A few months ago I got an urge to seek professional help for one of my children. I noticed the tools my husband and I were offering to help with regulation simply weren't working anymore. I began to
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When Blessings Feel Like Burdens
Have you ever asked yourself why?
Why I am doing all that I am doing? The Bible Study. The PTF meeting. The room mom responsibility. That draining job. The constant updates on social media. The
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Is Sarcasm Hurting Your Relationships?
I remember using sarcasm to get my point across. First with friends of mine, then with my husband, and later with my own children.
I didn't want to admit to myself that my sarcasm was hurting my
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Meal Time Help is Here!
Every mom of little ones knows just how difficult meal time can be. This past week I shared a few reels on social media regarding my favorite items that I use in our home (and out to dinner) to help
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A Simple Way to Start a Sabbath Practice
I use to hear about a sabbath practice and think "that must be reserved for some Bible scholar, and not me... a mostly SAHM of four little ones." And yet it wasn't very long that I realized that the
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Are you stuck in the ‘Loop Around’?
Over the years, I have used the term the 'Loop Around' to describe a process that many of us experience when new to setting boundaries.
It goes like this:
You realize a boundary needs to be
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