Mirror, Please

Mirror, Please

I believe that one of the best things we can do for our kids is to acknowledge what is hard for them. In our society, children are flooded with well-meaning attempts at boosting self-esteem. This was not always the case.   Starting in the 1960s, a Self-Esteem Movement...

The Seedling and the Soil

The soil that the seedling must struggle through is also greatly responsible for its blossom. Before my parenting journey began, I often imagined that I would raise my future children to be issue free. Please reread that sentence and soak in its absurdity. I thought I...

My Open Secret

Rumi, a poet born in 1207, refers to what he calls the Open Secret in a lot of his writing. My understanding of this Open Secret is that we are all walking around feeling vulnerable, with a fear of how we are inadequate, and we work really, really hard to keep that a...