Hello from my home to yours- how are you? Where do you find yourself on your journey today? Are you in the daily grind? Are you smooth...

I rarely write about setting limits with kids. It's not because parenting with empathy is permissive or devoid of limits. Far from it....

How's your summer going so far? Are you finding it busy as ever? Have you slid into great swaths of unstructured time- maybe some of it ...

Connection is key to raising happy, healthy children. But what if we're not feeling it? What if all we're feeling is tension?...

Happy beginning of summer to you! New beginnings are so exciting, that's how I'm feeling these days! It's because, nowadays, when I pick...

I am thinking of you today and wishing you a truly beautiful mothers day. Mothers Day can also be layered, nuanced, and weighty as well;...

There's a mantra I usually need to repeat to myself. Over and over again. Because without it, I usually forget. And things get messy: I...

(quoted from Tara Brach) My husband, who is a scientist, likes to tell me that the most profound scientific theories (for example,...

Today is the day for love. Not tomorrow. Not in a few years. Not when everyone is finally behaving they way they should. It is today. You...

How are you? How’s it going in your parent world right now? I am wondering today, what are you needing the most right now? You spend so...

Two chapters from The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents by William Martin Chapter 22: Your Greatest Legacy If you...

J.K. Rowling wrote these wise words for Dumbledore, her wisest character. What is Dumbledore saying to Harry Potter about what makes us...

Do you feel a bit stuck sometimes about how to best raise your child? I’m guessing, like most parents I speak to, you want your child to...

It’s been a loooooooong time since I’ve written you. But you, dear parent, have never left my heart. I have been on a deeply personal...

Have you been able to get out and enjoy the beautiful fall season? I recently got to go on a tree planting with my teenager. And I...

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." -The Dalai Lama These are tough...

It’s Monday morning in my house, it is spring 2021, a year into quarantining and remote learning, and, for parents, a whole year into the...

Are you feeling the relentlessness of pandemic parenting? I'm with you! Here's a little story from my home.... My daughter has really...

These days can be long, can't they? When I can, I make sure to grab even just a few minutes a day to meditate. I go to my closet, and I...

If empathy were a superhero it would be the quietest, softest, gentlest and most powerful force of loving energy. It would be like...