We’re in the weeds lately, battling teenage hormones and emotions which are extra complicated because of our daughter’s additional needs. This means that in some senses we are in survival mode. Surviving each day, rather than the thriving we usually…
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We are surrounded with metrics we can choose to measure our lives by. And we have no end of apps and tools and widgets and trackers we can use. We live by the streak or we die by the streak….
“You’re quiet, are you ok?” That’s what my husband used to ask me every single morning when our daughter was away on a sleepover. “I’m ok because I’m quiet,” I’d answer. Those sleepovers were never about the chance to have…
Back to school season seems like it’s growing into a bigger and bigger thing each year, fraught with stress and hopes for the year ahead. Add a child with special needs to the mix and things can become even more…
There are people living lives they never expected, or wanted. And most of those people have thrown themselves into those lives with love and courage and more strength than most of us can even imagine. Nobody decides to start a…
There’s a question that I ask myself often: If you have a message to share, and a platform to share it, are you duty bound to speak up? Is it selfish to remain quiet? I ask this usually in relation…
I was really excited to be interview by Laura Vanderkam and Sarah Hart-Unger earlier this year for an episode of their Best of Both Worlds podcast. This podcast is my favourite and always jumps to the top of my playlist…
