This has happened in my life recently, and I thought it would be important to talk about. A common response is to “mama bear” it. Mama bears attack to protect their young. We all have some mama/papa bear in us. You want to pick up the phone and say, “Hey, your kid is being mean....

What an amazing coaching session I had with one of my teen girls who recently went off to college. She’s a few months into her first full-fledged romantic relationship. He said I love you. She said she’s falling in love. She came to me with some fears of not letting herself go all the...

Recently, I received an email with the subject line, “I hate you”. Hmmm, I wonder who this could be from? Surprise! It was from my teenager.

Actually, I wasn’t surprised when I saw that email. Thirty minutes before, I told my son that we were considering getting him a tutor...

This can be a tricky one because we often use the word depressed when we are feeling sad. So, we know that sadness is a “normal,” healthy emotion and we want our girls to get comfortable feeling it. We want to encourage them to take a break from doing and allow...

Living in a state of perfectionism – the need to strive, perform, achieve – doesn’t feel good. It can lead to increased feelings of sadness, loneliness, anxiety and depression and chronic fear of embarrassment or being overly cautious. This notion of wanting to be perfect can...