The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep. Matthew Walker Recently, the Star Tribune published an article highlighting the link between alcohol and sleep. For some of us, headlines like this might reinforce what we've suspected (or experienced firsthand) already. But, for others-- especially during...
You don't have to be interesting. You have to be interested. John Gottman Recently, the New York Times published an article predicting what dating will look like in a post-pandemic world. If you're currently dating (or contemplating it), you might feel overwhelmed by the changing landscape of factors...
The past several weeks have ushered in Infertility Awareness Week, Mental Health Awareness Month, and Mother's Day. And we know that with these public acknowledgements come a wide range of private experiences. So, no matter who you are or what you're feeling right now, this is our...
nonviolent communication Our attention is focused on classifying, analyzing, and determining levels of wrongness, rather than on what we and others need and are not getting. Marshall B. Rosenberg Communicating with the people in our lives can be surprisingly tricky, can't it? We think we're being clear...
The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives. Carol Dweck What are...
What we have once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Helen Keller As a culture, we tend to believe that certain things can be counted on. In fact, we've built an entire vocabulary of ways...
It takes courage to push yourself to places you have never been before. Anais Nin So, your loved one is in therapy. Maybe you helped them decide to try it. (Maybe you were the one to suggest it.) Perhaps you weren't fully on board. (Or had no idea they...
I am enough of a realist to understand that I can’t reach every child, but I am more of an optimist to get up every morning and try. Preston Morgan Maybe you see them safely to and from school each day. Maybe you're with them in the classroom....
You know the signs. The weather is changing. The email communication has begun. Unless you've been spending the summer unplugged on an uncharted island somewhere (in which case, good for you), you've felt this coming for awhile now. The excitement. The tears. The creeping feeling of dread that wakes you...
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