5 Ways a Parenting is like Running a Marathon
The Boston Marathon is a magical day in the Boston area, there are few events that truly unite a community like this one. The city is filled with awe, inspiration, energy, accomplishment, spirit, strength, cooperation and uplift. It's one of my favorite days! This...
3 Ways to Find Calm During the Holidays
That “Most Wonderful Time of the Year” is upon us. But let’s be honest, while in some ways it can be a very special and celebratory time, it’s not always the glowing, blissful vision that we are led to believe it “should” and will be. There are, however, some...
Eating Disorder Awareness Week – What comes after?
My favorite thing about Eating Disorder Awareness Week is that for one week, people are talking about eating disorders in a way that inspires hope for change. At the end of every February, everywhere I look I see posts about the prevalence, the symptoms, the...
The College Process – 7 Lessons to Launching a Human
The College Application Process and Life After High School Planning is a thing all onto itself. And it really IS a process – a long, exhausting, intense, at times ridiculous, expensive and highly emotional roller coaster. As I look back, I am struck that what is more...
How to Vote for Mental Health at the Ballot Box
It’s election week in the United States, and mental health is on my mind, specifically how we can prioritize mental health at the voting booths. The rates of anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and overall stress are on the rise across our country and especially in...
What I Learned About Mental Health Care From A Bike Accident
I recently spent the better part of a Sunday in the Emergency Room in a renowned Boston hospital after my daughter crashed into a tree while biking. She received excellent care and has recovered remarkably well. We were incredibly lucky that the injuries were mostly...
Mental Health Awareness AND Action Month
You may have heard that May is Mental Health Awareness Month. I hereby motion to amend the title and make it Awareness AND Action Month. We have a lot of work to do, and there is no time to waste. We have been in a world health crisis set off by COVID-19 and the...
March Forth: One Year Post Pandemic
It’s been a year of the pandemic: loss, illness, change, uncertainty, loneliness, disruption, financial stress, political upheaval, social and racial reckoning. Whew, what a year. I don’t know about you but I feel exhausted, worried about how what we have experienced...
Breathe. Be. Believe.
January is always a time to reflect on the year that has been and make big wishes and resolutions for the year ahead. This year especially, many of us are eager to say goodbye to 2020 and look forward to “happier, healthier” times. As eager as we all are to move on...
Breathe: Thoughts as the COVID Pandemic Unfolds
In the last days and weeks, I have been quiet. I have been thinking, feeling, listening, watching, just as you have. Now I have organized my thoughts and want to share a few ideas. Let’s acknowledge we are living through history in the making. Things have changed,...