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Fall Equinox Reflection
To our sons, it looks like a field that needs bush-hogging, but if you look closely in the thick mess of overgrown weeds, you’ll find the reasons we decided not to mow it down. All the beautiful spots of color and diversity—dried-out grass and half-alive flowers. If we just leave them alone for a little…
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Finding Truth Beyond Collective Narratives
We tell ourselves stories in order to live,” Joan Didion wrote. But what happens when those shared stories—our collective narratives—become barriers to the very connection they promise to create? Growing up with parents whose lives were like apple carts filled to capacity, I learned early how fragile our shared stories can be. One uncomfortable truth…
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Finding Hope When Everything Feels Broken
Have you ever felt like you’re drowning in everyone else’s certainty? In a world where voices scream from every direction—demanding we pick a side, choose a cause, believe their version of truth—I find myself exhausted. Maybe you feel it too. That heavy weight of not knowing who to trust when everything swings from one extreme…