These days, it can feel like the world is on fire, inside and out! From social justice movements to news of systemic inequities and community crises, many of us carry heavy emotions: grief, anger, fear, and just plain exhaustion. I’m writing this not just as a...
I wouldn’t have admitted to this back then, but I was ashamed of my body when I was in high school. I would suck my belly in whenever people would take photos or whenever I thought people were giving me attention (which, for a high schooler, was ALWAYS). How could I...
There is a quote from Carl Jung that really sticks with me: “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life, and you will call it fate.” What he is getting at is that so much of what shapes how we feel, and act happens below the surface, stuff we...
While the start of a new school year is often framed as a fresh beginning, for some children and parents, it can also stir up a quieter, more complicated feeling: grief. Beneath the surface of the typical nervousness and excitement, there may be a sense of loss that's...
