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Someone I hadn't spoken to in years messaged me recently. She'd seen a 30-second video I posted. A clip of my kids mucking around, both laughing. And in that 30 seconds, she decided she knew exactly what was happening in my home. She sent me a verdict.
Read MoreTwenty-four+ years. That's how long soccer has been in my life. Not my sport. Not my passion. But woven into the fabric of my relationship with Aaron in the way that a lot of things become woven in - quietly, consistently, just there. For most of those years I was on the sideline. Literally. Watching. Cheering. Present but not really...
Read MoreLife very rarely looks like the clean before-and-after story that we all get momentarily inspired by. The experience of being in the middle of something hard. And staying steady. Not because the hard thing got easier. Not because you found the right strategy or the right mindset or the right words to say to yourself in the difficult
Read MoreThere's a particular kind of discomfort that doesn't have a clean name. It's not a crisis. It's not depression, though it can feel flat in ways that look similar. It's not burnout, though exhaustion is usually part of it. It's not a relationship problem or a work problem or a problem with your circumstances, even if all of those things feel...
Read MoreI asked her: "What will happen if you don't get the emotional release you're looking for?" She looked me straight in the eye and said:
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