Seeing the Magic in the Messy Moments
I was about to get frustrated over a mess my daughter left. Then I put on my kid glasses and looked again. On seeing the magic in the messy moments of parenthood.
The Voice in My Head Used to Sound Different
I used to believe everything I told myself. This is how I learned to catch the unkind voice, question it, and tell it a different story.
Make Sure You're Holding a Compass, Not a Watch
On knowing where you want to go long before you know how, and what keeps you steady when the storms push you off course.
Go Be Bad at It for a While
You don't have to be good at your hobbies for your hobbies to be good for you. A reminder about the beliefs that keep us from beginning, and why five minutes is always enough.
Learning to Notice Things Again
What nature, motherhood, and creativity all have in common for me, and the thing I had to relearn to see it.
What Creating Can Give You
I spend a lot of time in my head, overthinking, overanalyzing. Here's the small thing that actually gets me out of it.
Why I Want My Kids to Learn to Let Go
It's not about throwing their art away. It's about building a small, real practice of deciding what actually matters to keep.
Are We Teaching Our Kids to Be Creative, Or Just Telling Them To?
We say all the right things. And then we won't pick up the brush unless we think we'll be good. On what we model, and why it matters more than what we say.