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…

If you haven’t read it already, there is a beautiful book called Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett. Brackett is the founder of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and he pours both his heart and expertise into this book about the power and usefulness of emotions. In the book…

A confession that will make a lot of people I love really mad. — I tried so hard. So many people I have respect for seemed to love this book. As I read Untamed, every time Glennon Doyle said something I agreed with — which was a lot — I would feel relief. Phew! I am being woman the right way. But why am…

The approaching New Year has a way of making us start to think about changes and new beginnings. Humans are designed that way. Something called temporal landmarks are responsible for sparking that desire. Temporal landmarks are distinct events that stand out from the day-to-day, therefore making it easier as a…

And trust me, you don’t want to. — We wear that phrase like a badge of honor: “I know you better than you know yourself.” We gleam with pride when we have the opportunity to say I told you so. We love the feeling of a child coming to the same conclusion we told them from the very…

As a parent & teen coach, I see it all the time. Parents sitting in my office, desperate for the conflict with their child to stop and for their child to just — listen. Teens sitting in my office, shut down and apathetic, feeling like what is the point. Both…

Even though your child is the center of your world, you are not the center of theirs — There is a trend in modern parenting that concerns me: parents giving their children the impression they know everything, whilst actually knowing nothing. If you ask me, we are dangling a carrot to nowhere. …

I have never lied about not finishing college, but I have certainly avoided telling the truth. For years (my entire adult life), not having a college degree has haunted me. …