Everything is hard… You just get to choose which hard you want. That sounds like something you’d slap on a motivational poster, but honestly? It’s one of the most real-life, long-term lessons I can think of. Getting up early to work out? Hard.Not feeling great about your health? Also hard. Speaking up when something’s bothering […]
Make Mistakes and Keep Going
Getting it wrong helps you learn how to get it right. We put so much pressure on ourselves (and sometimes unintentionally on our kids) to get things right the first time. But that’s not how life works. That’s not how we grow. The real learning? It lives in the mess. In the missed shots. In […]
You Don’t Have to Like it, but You Do Have to Try It
There’s a rule in our house that gets repeated almost as often as “wash your hands” and “shoes off at the door”: You don’t have to like it, but you do have to try it. It started as a parenting tactic to get our kids to stop writing off entire food groups after a single […]
What You Can’t Control (And Why You Should Stop Trying)
Don’t stress about what you can’t control. It sounds simple, right? But we all do it. We worry about what other people think. We replay things we can’t undo. We brace for outcomes we can’t predict. And in the process, we drain our energy, cloud our thinking, and sometimes miss the good stuff that’s actually […]
Not Everyone Is Your People (And That’s a Good Thing)
You don’t have to be close friends with everyone you meet. When you’re a kid, the social world is loud, chaotic, and constantly changing. One day, you have a best friend forever, and the next, you’re sitting alone at lunch because someone else wanted to play with someone new. As a parent, it breaks your […]
Lessons I Hope They Remember (That We Forget)
New series! Parenting is a roller coaster. Some days you feel like you’re winning. You’re half therapist and half philosopher on the way to soccer practice. Other days, you’re just trying to remember if anyone brushed their teeth. But in the middle of all that chaos, there are these little moments. The conversations, questions, and […]
