Wisdom is all around us even though we can be blind to it, forget the basics, or need to hear life lessons repeatedly. Here is a list of reminders I hope will help you on those hard days. . . You do not always need to be strong. We all have those days when the best thing to do is retreat, regroup, and recharge. Fearlessness doesn’t mean you are never afraid. It means you are afraid, but you do it anyways. Let people own and solve their own drama. Listening is a high form of

When you tell people that you are expecting your first child, they usually respond with congratulations, but my mother did not. When I told her I was pregnant she said, “Oh, no.” I was disappointed in her reaction until she explained that with four children of her own, she knew how taxing being a parent could be. I thought she was wrong until the baby came and my life changed forever. Nothing prepares you for what parenting is, the emotions, the need to have a psychology degr

Don’t you wish there was a foolproof guidebook for those tricky parenting moments? When I discovered I was pregnant, I read all the books and I thought I was ready, but I had no idea what a roller coaster experience I was going to have. I remember telling the doctor that I couldn’t get my daughter on a schedule. He tried not to laugh while he told me that babies make their own schedules. That was only the beginning of figuring everything out along the way. Most days I thought