Ah, February. The shortest month on the calendar, arriving after what has felt like the longest January in recorded human history. January didn’t just pass. It lingered. It unpacked its bags. It made itself coffee. It settled into our nervous systems. And now here comes February, technically brief, […]
There’s a Japanese concept called Kaizen. It means continuous improvement. Not the flashy kind. Not the TED Talk kind. The quiet, daily, incremental kind. The kind that happens in small moments, awkward conversations, and uncomfortable realizations. The kind that doesn’t announce itself with confetti. Just steady becoming. Lately, […]
Growing up, I was told in no uncertain terms that you had to wash your hair every single day. This was not presented as a suggestion. This was gospel. Daily hair washing was right up there with brushing your teeth and saying thank you. You didn’t question it. […]
I recently discovered that I suffer from a very real condition. It’s called junk blindness. This is not in the DSM (yet), but if it were, my office would be the case study. You see, no matter how many times I “clean” my workspace, paper abounds. It multiplies. […]
There’s a quote often attributed to Sun Tzu that has been haunting me lately: An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes. I’m not talking about current politics. Truly. I’m talking about what I’ve seen up close, at the granular, […]
Breaking news from the Garden State. New Jersey is bringing cursive handwriting back to elementary schools. Third through fifth graders will once again loop, swirl, and dramatically cross their t’s like it’s 1897 and the fountain pen lobby finally got its way. On one hand Gen Z famously […]
Where can you reduce clutter in your life? This grand January snowstorm came in hot. Well. Cold. But you know what I mean. It was nonstop. Relentless. The kind of snow that doesn’t gently fall. It commits. It stacks itself. It blocks your car. It cancels your plans […]
I live in a housefull of heartbeat and voices,laughter ricocheting off walls,footsteps tapping rhythms up and down stairs. And yetthere are nightswhen the noise dissolvesand I am alonein a room packed with people. It’s strange, right?To feel invisiblewhile standing center stagein your own life. Pain has a way […]
Here I am, perched on the edge of my kitchen counter, coffee in hand, trying to figure out how to guide my very practical, very determined, very my son through the college selection process. It’s like being a therapist for someone I gave birth to, and trust me, […]
What is your favorite animal? Sharks. Those glamorous, fin-flipping divas of the deep. The rulers of the ocean. The creatures who make every beachgoer reconsider their life choices at the mere sight of a dorsal fin. And what’s their secret weapon? Teeth. Lots of teeth. Teeth that grow […]
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