As we come up to the one year anniversary since our lives were directly impacted by a global pandemic, we can expect to feel the reverberations of a world shaken to its core. Take time to reflect, lean into the discomfort, and share stories so we can continue to weave this past year into our life’s narrative.

Sipping a cup of tea at the end of seven days snowed in by Winter Storm Uri, gives me the perfect opportunity to pause and reflect on seven years without mum.

As the new year stretches out in front of us, I am pondering how to move from a place of mere acceptance to one of embrace.

Holidays look different in the midst of a pandemic. However, if we see traditions as anchors in these tumultuous times, perhaps we can find the stability and connection we crave even by celebrating just a few.

As we head in to the holiday season in the midst of a pandemic, we may need to consider how to let go of expectations and instead let love in.

With no end to the pandemic in sight, we may all be feeling a little stretched. Self-care and self-compassion are still two superpowers we can draw on to keep us fighting the good fight.

A court-side reverie reminds me that memories may be the very things to help us move through hard times.

As we continue to grapple with a world changed by a pandemic, I find myself longing for home.

As school-from-home starts across the country, we are finding ourselves needing to employ patience, empathy, and grace - skills I learned fishing.

We are standing on the threshold of a new school year and as educators and families grapple with how to start the fall semester, I want to encourage us to debrief this past season before moving on to the next.

With change being a constant we are living with daily, feelings of uncertainty and anxiety are at an all time high. What techniques can we use to regulate our emotions and help our bodies cope with the stress we are under?

As we move into an extended season of transition mid-COVID, we continue to face disappointment as plans are thwarted and hope is deferred. How are we dealing with disappointment? And how can we help our children learn from one of life’s greatest teachers?

As we struggle to see the end of these COVID days, we are needing to develop new skills and find ways to deal with life’s challenges. Read on to find my top ten tips for cultivating resilience.

Social support is shown to be the most powerful protection against becoming overwhelmed by stress or trauma. While we continue to practice social distancing, how can we be proactive in finding ways to feel connected?

Trauma is not the first word that comes to mind when we think about the COVID-pandemic. However, as we take a closer look at the collective stresses we are under as well as evidence of our fight, flight, and freeze behavior responses, we might reconsider.

What do a Monkey’s wedding, re-entry grief, and cross-cultural workers have do do with one another? Listen in to this interview to find out!

As a nation and throughout the world, we are witnessing the grief of a people whose cries can no longer be ignored. Grief is an experience common to all human beings and does not discriminate. What are some of the ways we could be responding?

We are all experiencing some re-entry distress. We’ve talked about the awkwardness of social interaction, the anxiety surrounding uncertain expectations, as well as some re-entry friction, but what about the sadness we might be feeling too?

It’s Memorial Day weekend in the US and with the sun shining and barbecues firing up across the country, it’s easy to imagine that we are back in a world without COVID. But as we begin to reintegrate into society with the pandemic still at large and uncertainty at an all time high, we can expect some re-entry friction. The question is, how will we respond?

As the 2019-2020 school year draws to a close, parents and children are faced with a long structureless summer. Camps have been cancelled, summer trips postponed, and many are wondering how to transition from this very different school year to an even more uncertain summer. Start by building a RAFT.