How we imagined it: 2 shots, 2 weeks, and HELLO WORLD, HERE I COME! The Reality: …is a lot more complicated than that. The country is reopening, and depending who you ask, this is for better or for worse. As [...]
It’s tough, this holiday that brings up so much for so many of us. Flowers, gifts, brunches… yes, those are sweet and simple and nice. But the experience of being a mother, the path to becoming a mother, and the [...]
When my toddler was a year old, I sat him in front of a giant art pad with a jumbo crayon into his hand. Of course, the first thing he did was put the crayon in his mouth, but with [...]
This has been a hell of a year to be a therapist. I mean, it’s been a hell of a year to be a human, but we therapists have a front row seat to the ways in which it’s been [...]
Yesterday was Inauguration Day. You might be having a lot of feelings – some expected, but some surprising. I know I sure am. We’ve all be holding our breaths for 4 years. We’ve been carrying an invisible weight around with [...]
You are on this earth to do more than diet, restrict calories, and burn them off. I believe in you. Who this blog article is for Anyone who has been on the diet hamster wheel. Anyone who routinely feels guilt [...]
I just got off the phone with a friend who is living in Hanoi, Vietnam. He was teaching English there at the beginning of the year, when COVID-19 started to become a pandemic, and he stayed. This, it turns out, [...]
Toxic systems are everywhere. People come from toxic families, endure toxic workplaces, and find themselves in toxic relationships. In her book “Too Much and Never Enough,” Mary Trump writes about how traumatic and heartbreaking it was for her to watch [...]
It’s September 2020, and we’ve been quarantining, social distancing, pandemic-ing, and safer-at-home-ing for 6 months. At this point, most of us have figured out how to make this thing work. We’ve learned how to work from home, get groceries, and [...]
This is an article about parenting. But if you’re not a parent, hang in there – there’s something for you too. Because any time we talk about parenting, it’s also worth reflecting on how you were parented, and how that [...]