The Critical Role Teachers, Coaches, and Adult Mentors Play In Our Kids' Mental Health


Continuing the Conversation
My writing started as a letter to my sons – and a history of our family and our memories together. That letter turned into a blog to explore parenting, mental health, and the joy and pain of living deeply. I realized I'd found my voice!


You Are Not Alone

Mental Health at Work

THIS is Not Love!

Do We Really Still Need To Take the Sexual Harassment Training Every Year at Work?

Note To Self...

I'm still shocked that I survived that night...

Please, Don’t Call Me Superwoman

Thinking of Owning A Tiny House One Day? You might want to check this out first!

Everything Will Be OK

A Lesson In Perspective - seeing through another's eyes

The Eight Words Every Parent Dreads Hearing at the Holidays

What's Important Now? Now That my Children are Grown, What is My Purpose

Hearing and Saying "I Love You" Never Gets Old - in all its forms...

Dreams of Our Own - it took my kids leaving home to realize I'd lost sight of my dreams

"Let's Talk!" - Mental health, the silent epidemic we all need to talk about...

This Is What Happens When You Stop Fixing Things For Your Kids

"We're Just Like You" The One Phrase All Parents Need To Start Saying Right Now

Why The Phrase "Man Up" Misses The Point When Raising Our Sons

Lessons of Our Parents’ Love