Outcomes you try to force are rarely as good as the outcomes that happen naturally. Take dating. Being overeager can sabotage a date. If you go out with someone who talks about buying a house together on the first date, it’s a bit of a turnoff. To get the outcome you want, the secret, Read More
I never used to curse. I always thought that people who swore just hadn’t put enough thought into articulating exactly what they felt. It was an easy way out. It was inefficient. I simply had no desire to curse. Then I had children. I thought I shouldn’t swear in front of a child. If, Read More
I have been feeling a little trapped. There are a lot of things I want to do. My son is in his senior year, so I want to see all of his rugby games. I want to savor all of those “lasts”. My daughter is ill and needs lots of help and love. My, Read More
I was not looking forward to getting up before dawn, piling on enough layers to handle 32˚ weather and climbing a mountain all by myself. Which is exactly why I thought I should do it. I was sort of surprised that I was nervous. I spent years traveling around the country by myself., Read More
Microadventures You may think you don’t have the time or the money or the freedom to lead an adventurous life. Well, that may be true with big, grand adventures. But there are microadventures waiting right outside your door that take as little as an evening. It’s about getting out of your comfort zone. Stepping, Read More
A lot of the stress around picking a college comes from the idea that there is one right college for your teen. The stakes seem high. They have to pick the college that will set the course for their entire life. Yikes! In this episode, find out how to change the inner dialog from, Read More
On this episode, I bust the big myth about time management. Find out my rule of thumb for deciding what stays on your to-do list. Learn how to turn your huge list of spirit crushing to-dos into a powerful feeling of “crushing it” in life.
In this episode, I talk about: The parenting manual you have created in your head Where we get the rules for this manual What you think parenting should be What your job as a parent actually is How to effectively bend the rules of parenting
We all try to avoid failure. It doesn’t feel good. In this episode I talk about how to drop your guard with failure. Get comfortable with feeling uncomfortable long enough to use failures for what they are… the steps to success. It’s a hack that can totally change your life. Remember, you don’t have to, Read More
Things have changed since we went to college in how we communicate between college and back home. Big time. In this episode I talk about: How much to text your child when they leave for college The benefit of secretly tracking your child on their cell phone Where the pain of separation comes, Read More