If your inbox is anything like mine lately, it is full of all kinds of “must-buys” for the upcoming holidays. Now, I am not an influencer by any stretch of the imagination, but I do want to share with you some of my favorite things. And by things, I am referring to things that have […]

By now we have all heard the labels attached to overparenting (helicopter parent, snowplow parent, bulldozer parent, etc.) and intellectually, we know that there are longer-term consequences for our kids if we parent this way. But just because we know it, it doesn’t mean that it is easy to change our behavior. Why is this? […]

Watching your child experience their freshman year of college is a bit like riding a rollercoaster. There will be lots of highs and lows but having a roadmap of what and when these ups and downs happen can help make the ride feel less intense. The W-Curve is a predictable, emotional pattern that many first-year […]

It is no secret that I love dogs. Actually, it’s more like I am one of the biggest dog lovers that you have ever met. To put it into perspective, when I was 4 years old, a dog took a bite out of my face. As the story goes, I spent the whole time on […]