This summer, I got the Best ‘Worst’ Advice for helping teens become more autonomous, meaning they learn to help themselves. Best…
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How to Use Your ‘Coping Color’ to Carry Yourself Through the Gray
In dripping wet clothes, I hastily scanned the meager selection of office supplies at my local drug store. What item…
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I Won’t Give You a Reason the Bad Thing Happened. I’ll Give You Something Better
You can do everything “right” and things can still go horribly wrong. I am facing this. I am embracing this. …
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The First Secret to Thriving is There Are No Secrets
“I risk the safety of my inner world every time I pretend that I have everything under control when I’m…
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For 67 Days She Put Well-Being Before Grades & Learned How to Fly
A while back, my swimmer daughter happened to tell me the vital importance of water in her life. When submerged…
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Why I’m Asking, ‘Are You Ok?’ This Mother’s Day
Almost five years to this day, two friends drove 300 miles in one day to lay eyes on me. They’d…
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