About time
I’ve decided to write about time; which is like writing about oxygen, or gravity. Each one holds us, in its way. The new agers and… Read More »About time
Development
Confidence as a function of competence
Parenting’s hard. One day you’re a successful professional person with a clear path forward; the next, you’re just another imperfect human trying their best to… Read More »Confidence as a function of competence
Where are you facing?
Recently my nightly scroll time switched from furtive furniture shopping (buying couches online is stressful, no?) to pandemic conspiracy research (but are they really conspiracies?).… Read More »Where are you facing?
When change stacking leads to transformation
We’ve all heard that change is the only constant. Isn’t it remarkable then, when long stretches of time pass with barely any change at all?… Read More »When change stacking leads to transformation
Turning the page
I’ve started this post at least four times now, since November. Probably because there is so much to say and yet I couldn’t decide which… Read More »Turning the page
When the paradigm explodes
Many people are having a moment of reckoning right now. In the uncomfortably bright light of pandemic life, we see more clearly – what has… Read More »When the paradigm explodes
Manufacturing resilience (AKA start loving failure)
Lately I’ve been listening to development psychologists talk about raising kids (I consider it professional and personal research). I heard Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath on the… Read More »Manufacturing resilience (AKA start loving failure)
Take up more space
I’m not even going to get into what we do to girls and women when it comes to taking up space with their bodies. If… Read More »Take up more space
Practicing radical optimism
Listening to my parenting power song while I write this. “That I would be good even if I did nothing. That I would be good… Read More »Practicing radical optimism