A Life I Don’t Want to Numb: Parenting without Alcohol
When I removed alcohol I was able to see what I needed to heal internally and externally, within myself, and my family. I realized I wasn’t the problem, alcohol was.
Resources for Navigating the Time of Coronavirus
These have been emotional, trying, intense, confusing, and uncertain times. There is a lot to navigate right now-- individually and collectively. Thus, I wanted to offer just *some* of the resources available to teens and young adults during this global crisis.
How to Teach and Model Minimalism with your Family
Now’s the time to help teens navigate questions of value and support them in understanding the importance of organization.
How to Apologize to Your Teenager
When (not if) you make a “mistake,” you have an “opportunity to repair” the connection with your teenager.
5 Self-Care Tips for Parents for The New Year
It's time to give your intentions even greater value by aligning your actions with it. The anticipation of the new year is a perfect time to focus inward and offer yourself some extra self-care.
How to Use Giving and Receiving for Self-Care
Your awareness of your relationship to giving and receiving can help you make decisions, set intentions, and initiate self-care.
You are Not Your Family, You are YOU
While experiencing a pretty intense emotional reaction, I remembered a powerful truth: I AM NOT MY FAMILY. Their thoughts, behaviors, and actions do not belong to me, do not define me, and do not limit me.
How To Hold Kind and Firm Limits With Your Teens
Limits don’t negate choices. Limits aren’t consequences or punishment. Instead, limits help young people understand boundaries-- their own and other people’s.
Dear Parents, Your Teenager Doesn’t Need a Career Plan
The truth is, dreams come from one’s internal compass, not from external sources, pressures, or societal norms and expectations. Furthermore, teenagers need space to explore, reflect, experience, and process and come to their own truths, their own path.
How to Start A Spiritual Practice: A Quick Guide for Teenagers
Spiritual practice can be a loaded topic. For some, it refers to cherished and meaningful beliefs and practices, while for others, it’s at best an empty cliché, and at worst it represents the oppression of religious extremism.