We scour our children’s minds, like little treasure hunters, asking about memories and gauging how they feel about us. All in an effort to find the answer to one important question: How will my child remember me as a parent? Whether the question haunts us subconsciously or consciously, it is…

A parent coach’s guide on how to identify and release tension in your home — “Growing up my home was just very… tense.” No parent wants to imagine their child describing their childhood home this way. Yet I’ve heard my clients describe their home to me in this way more often than not. So how do we end up with these tense households? I am…

How I took healing into my own hands and created a path that worked for me (and maybe you, too?) — Yes, on the surface it’s another one of those “My Healing Journey” articles. I typically avoid reading those… anecdotal stories and a “this worked for me so it must work for everyone” tone are not really my thing. In fact they’re the opposite of my thing. I like data, research…

How and why you can leave social media behind… if you want to — I recently took a week-long break from social media as part of preparing for psilocybin-assisted therapy. It is important to cleanse yourself as much as possible — both physically and mentally — before taking psilocybin. I didn’t see this decision as anything other than an exercise for the purpose of…

How and why people with anxiety or PTSD should consider ditching the alarm — For the last year I have existed without an alarm clock, with very few exceptions. What started out as a very casual idea, ended up having a ripple effect that took my healing journey to the next level. Why did I have the idea to turn my alarm off in…

If you’re doing it right, your kids won’t be grateful — I work with parents as an intuitive healing coach, specializing in parents who are trying to break generational cycles and do things differently than how it was done for them. I very often hear this phrase from parents: I’ve worked so hard not to be the parents I had, and…

Common reasons why empaths think they are the worst people on the planet — For most of my life I was convinced I was a terrible person. Now that I work with parents and teens as an intuitive healing coach, I realize how many other really amazing people feel the same way. This article is for you. Up until a few years ago, the…

Why sharing doesn’t release burdens and what to do instead — If you are a person who struggles with self-worth or who has some deeply unacknowledged wounds, it can be tempting to confess them to the world. Our society reveres people who are “raw” and “exposed”. Plus, confessions get a lot of attention — and if we know anything about people…

A parent coach’s perspective on what we can all learn from struggling families — If you have ever experienced having a child who struggles you know the word “advantage” is not the first word that comes to mind. You’re likely more familiar with the word “terror” to describe having to sleep in your tween’s bedroom at night to ensure they don’t take their own…