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Why I Let My Kids See My Sadness Now (After Hiding It for Years)

“I will not teach or love or show you anything perfectly, but I will let you see me, and I will always hold sacred the [...]

5 Quotes for Hard Times (and a Free Ebook)

Sometimes everything feels like too much, and it’s hard to use all the valuable lessons you’ve learned when life requires you to use them all [...]

What’s Really Happening When Your Thoughts Spiral at Night

“The anxiety is not the enemy. It is the messenger. The mistake is killing the messenger instead of reading the letter.” ~Unknown It’s 3 a.m. [...]

What My Body Taught Me: 13 Surgeries, One Coma, Countless Powerful Lessons

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” ~Khalil Gibran I was born with spina bifida. When [...]

Phone Down, Eyes Up: How to Really See the People We Love

“The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh Judy was three the first time I missed it. She had [...]

If You Feel Lonely Around People, Here’s Why

“The loneliness of the connected age is not about being alone. It’s about being unseen in a crowd.” ~Unknown For a long time I thought [...]

The Seven Strengths: A Rare Free Training

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about how easy it is to feel overwhelmed—by the news, by life, by everything we’re carrying day to day. [...]

The Pressure to Dream Big and the Beauty of Wanting Less

“What if I accept that all I really want is a small, slow, simple life? A beautiful, quiet, gentle life. I think it is enough.” [...]

When Self-Awareness Turns into Overthinking and How to Stop

“Be gentle with yourself. You’re doing the best you can.” ~Unknown   For years, I believed self-awareness was the answer to everything. If I could just [...]

How to Tend to Yourself When Being Vulnerable Feels Raw

“Vulnerability is the only path through the wall that separates us from each other.” ~Brené Brown Every time I share something deeply personal—an article, a [...]