Good Enough: Suggestions for Balancing Your Precious Time
Time, like money, is a precious and finite commodity. And since there's no way to give everything full attention all the time, stop being so hard on yourself.
Pumping at Work: Rights, Tips, and Tricks
Balancing a career and a breastfeeding relationship can be a juggling act. These tips, learned from experience, can help.
The Power of Checking In With Your True Feelings
The urge to react when confronted with your own feelings is strong. Resist that habit through the practice of regularly checking in with yourself.
How to Keep Your Marriage from Failing – Unless It Should
These six values, gleaned from the author's parents who were married for more than 50 years, can help couples beat some pretty unfavorable odds.
How Curiosity – and the Right Spider – Helped Erase My Fear
Whether it's arachnophobia, a fear of heights, or the feeling that you'll never be good enough, all fears can be conquered with genuine curiosity.
A Mindful Approach to Handling Family Tension This Holiday Season
Family tension can arise any day of the year, but may be more common around the holidays. These four tips will help you handle the stress with ease.
The 9 Circles of Hell: When the Stomach Flu Hits Your Family
Dante's epic poem "Inferno" may have imagined nine circles of hell, but there's no need for parents to break out our high school text books to refresh ourselves on this classic. We already know wha...
How to Enjoy the Benefits of Nature Inside, When You Can't Get Outside
Sometimes we just can't get outside, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy the many benefits of nature while we're stuck inside.
5 Tips for Falling In Love (Or At Least Getting Along) With Your In-Laws
Despite your best intentions, establishing a positive relationship with your in-laws may require a concerted effort.
The Stages of Your Life in Professional Photos
“The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.” – Andy Warhol Contrary to popular belief, research has shown that we actually presume ourselves to be more...
How Much Is a Stay-at-Home Mom Really Worth?
It shouldn’t take putting a dollar amount on the work parents do to make it feel valuable.
Dear Baby, I Hate You (A Letter From the Family Dog)
Not every dog is grateful for the loud new beast that showed up at their house.
The Good Kind of Peer Pressure: How Friends Impact Happiness
Peer pressure isn't always a bad thing. Our kids' friends play an important role in their attitude, health, and overall happiness.
4 Questionable Behaviors With Surprising Benefits
According to psychologists, you may not be raising a wild career criminal after all.
How a Returnship Can Help Re-Energize Your Career
A lot of people take extended breaks from the workforce- parents caring for children, adult kids caring for parents. Could returnships be a solution?
When Anonymous Friends Become Real Friends – And Then Turn on You
To the Women Who Hurt Me: I'm terrified to write this because I'm afraid that one of you might actually see it. But I want you to know that your actions made me cry for days. I sobbed. I lost so ma...
4 Steps to Banish the Incessant “I’m Sorry” From Your Vocabulary
Once I realized I was apologizing for my mere existence, I took these steps to banish “I’m sorry” from my vocabulary.
How We Failed to Prepare Our Kids For This Election
It's not about who is right and who is wrong. It's about being willing to listen to the other side, draw conclusions, and respectfully disagree.
The Importance of Speaking "Happy" out Loud
Among all the books and articles we read, we often overlook (as I have) the importance of recognizing and speaking aloud when we are simply happy.
For Babies Born Prematurely, Family Leave Benefits Are Crucial
Having a baby in the NICU is stressful. Having two babies in the NICU is doubly stressful. Knowing you have a paycheck still coming in is one saving grace.
The Importance of Embracing Your Own Definition of Happiness
There's no rule that says what makes someone else happy has to do the same for you.
How Neck Pain and Parenting Are Connected – and What You Can Do About It
How do you parent in a way that your body doesn’t have to take the brunt of your frustrations? Like this.
The Lies I Tell My Son So That He'll Eat His Dinner
It may not be a sustainable system, but for now, lying to our kid to get him to eat healthy food seems to be working.
How to Support a Friend Struggling with Infertility
When a friend is struggling with the heartbreak of not being able to conceive a child, it can be hard to know how to support them.