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Do you feel weighed down by “I should… I must…. I have to….”? Many of us carry a constant stream of “shoulds” in our minds: I should be more productive, I should handle this better, I should know the right answer. For anxious minds and perfectionists, these thoughts...

I often feel like I’m teetering on the line between staying informed and setting boundaries with the news and social media. We’re surrounded by a constant stream of information, bombarding us at any moment. It’s never been this easy for boundaries to erode. Repeated,...

Children experience and process the world very differently than adults. When a child has been impacted by trauma, they often don’t have the words to explain what happened or how their body still remembers it. What they do have is play. Play is a child’s natural...

I have vivid recollections of a time when I battled depression. To be more clear; for about 8 hours, every Sunday afternoon and into the evening, I battled the feeling of a dark cloud. This came as quite a surprise. It was a new development….and I was disappointed. As...

Everyday Curiosity One of the greatest gifts we have as humans is our curiosity. Humans desire to learn, understand, and expand our understanding of the world. It’s in our very nature. Asking your partner or child(ren) how their day was, wanting to know the latest...

Ever feel like your thoughts are stuck on repeat? You keep replaying the same worries, conversations, or “what ifs” over and over? You’re definitely not alone. This is called rumination, and it’s something most people experience at some point. Rumination is when your...

Gratitude is often described as the secret ingredient to happiness. We hear it everywhere: “Write a gratitude list,” “Count your blessings,” or “Tell people you appreciate them.” These practices sound intuitive—and they do have value—but what if science told...

At some point, most of us will be in the sandwich stage of life. A good friend of mine and I have dubbed our stage of life as being in “The Sandwich” which is an excellent metaphor for the stage of life in which one is responsible for caring for their aging parents as...

Most people don’t wake up thinking, “Wow, I’m really stressed today.” They wake up thinking: • Why am I already tired? •Why is everything taking longer than it should? • Why does one small thing feel like it might push me over the edge? That’s stress doing its thing....

Co-parenting is rarely simple. Whether parents live together or apart, raising a child requires communication, compromise, and a shared commitment to putting the child’s needs first. When adults navigate this partnership with respect and cooperation, children gain...