I’m a mush-ball when it comes to babies. Babies of all kinds. So when I saw this clip of all these little turtles being born, I just gazed in fascination. How did they all know which direction to go? How, after being in eggs independently, were they ready to hatch within just minutes of each …
Asking for help Part 1
I had a blast on Monday at the taping of Oprah’s lifeclass with Dr. Brene Brown. Oprah and Brene are both witty, smart, engaging women who create interesting and engaging conversation. The tapings flew by. The audience had about 150 people..and to be honest, we weren’t there to see Oprah (though, to be equally honest, …
School Anxiety
I was talking this morning with Dahlia Kurtz and Jon Ljungberg at CJOB about how parents can help kids with anxiety they may be having around school stress as they anticipate school starting in a couple of weeks. The upshot of our conversation is this: There is a wide range of “normal” when it comes …
Anchoring in Terror
She doesn’t know it, but Antoinette Tuff was my teacher today. This video is worth 16 minutes of your life. Antoinette prevented a massive, highly dangerous man from another epic disastrously awful school shooting in Georgia yesterday. Not by pinning the man down, or calling the police, or shooting him. She cared for …
Too careful translates into wobbly
I rode my bike to the Smith St. office this week for the first time this year. Downtown. I wear a helmet, and yet my mother asks me if I’m safe. I’ve been an adult for a couple of decades now, and still my mother asks me if I’m safe on my bike. Apparently, mothering …
Hump Day Nudge: Furry Love
I’m not what most would call a crazy, passionate animal lover. But… last night, I followed a three year old around for most of an evening on a beautiful spring day as we gently tiptoed behind a rabbit to see how close he would let us get…up and over and around three different yards, …
Peeking behind the Curtain
Remember that scene towards the end of the movie, The Wizard of Oz…where Dorothy and her crew are Terrified with a capital T of the threatening, booming, deep voice of the wizard….when the little puppy, Toto, peeks around the curtain, and we find out that the wizard is a little man who feels vulnerable and …
Truth-teller jawbone changes anxiety pattern
Anxiety can play tricks on a soul–and on sleep. I love it when a person can beat anxiety at its own game. Let me tell you a story. A coffee buddy showed me the jawbone bracelet she recently started using about two weeks ago…measures her steps during the day and her sleep at night. She’s …
Hump Day Nudge: Silliness
It’s not hard to find experiences of struggle, sadness, betrayal, unfairness, or brokenness in our lives. Getting out of bed and out the door is a sure way to experience some challenges of life. Our “reptilian brain” is on guard for danger and seeks to protect us from it…it looks for things that can harm …
Two minutes to you accessing the “best you”
Yeah, yeah…this sounds like one of those “too good to be true” snake oil salesman pitches, doesn’t it? It’s not. Hear me out…better yet, hear Amy Cuddy out. Body language is powerful…we exhibit power messages to others by how we carry ourselves, what position our arms and legs are in, what voice tone we have, …