When we’re young, life transitions are fun and empowering. We go from crawling to walking, walking to running. We start with training wheels but soon no longer need them. As we age we graduate into higher grades and become more independent. But as adults, life…

You did it! You made it through 2020! It has been a trying year for all of us for a multitude of reasons. One of my favorites ways to conclude a year is to reflect on the past year and the lessons learned. This is…

When Thanksgiving rolled around this year, I heard two things: Pausing to think about what we are grateful for felt good. And 2. Pausing to think about what we are grateful for felt hard. Like, especially hard this year.   Whether you’ve enjoyed your 2020…

We are heading into the holidays in what might be one of the most challenging years for the country as a whole. This year we have the unique task of balancing “normal” holiday stressors while managing life in a global pandemic. I have found myself…

I would guess that you don’t spend much time thinking about coordinating conjunctions. Words like “so,” “and,” “but,”and “yet” are probably used often in your conversation, without much of a thought. However, I’d like to offer that a little more consideration can alter the way…

If you caught the most recent episode of Saturday Night Live, you heard Chris Rock deliver a monologue that referenced just how difficult the COVID-19 pandemic has been on couples:   “One thing I’ve noticed about this whole pandemic is people are reassessing their relationships.…