Learn five small, achievable, and integrable actions to address parent burnout. It is okay not to be okay right now. For many of us, this is the biggest emotional test we have faced. But parents can’t just stand in their front yard screaming “This is a disaster!” all day. They can’t escape to a spa …
A mentoring strategy to help boost resilience long past quarantine. Like a lot of teen girls–and perhaps most of the human population right now–my daughter hit a quarantine roadblock this week. “I was doing pretty well with a daily schedule and making healthy food choices and stuff,” she told me. “But now, I’m staying up …
Learn how positive experiences in the body have the power to system-override negative ones. “Trauma is in the body, not the event.” When a gazelle encounters a lion, what does she do? She runs! She processes the threat, which triggers a physiological response—heart pounding, breath quickening, muscles tensing, adrenaline and cortisol flooding the bloodstream. Her …
The Netflix show, “13 Reasons Why” brings up some difficult subjects, here are ways to talk with the girls in your life about thoughts or feelings that may come up. 6 min read
This mother’s day, let’s give ourselves a little gift: a judgement-free parenting day. A day for being nicer to ourselves. 5 min read
