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I’ll get right to it and tell you that today I’m talking about the concept of restraint – and you should know that I literally groaned to myself when I … Read more

The other day I was listening to a podcast interview with Elizabeth Gilbert about her latest book, All the Way to the River. My husband was in the car, and … Read more

I want you to imagine for a moment that you are sitting in a research lab in front of a computer and you’ve been asked to press a button. The … Read more

If you’ve been part of this community for very long, you know that the mental load might just be my own Roman Empire. It’s insidious, and it has an outsized … Read more

I’m going to state the very obvious: we’re in a fraught season. It’s one that can easily pull us into anxiety, cynicism, and even despair if we’re not careful. And … Read more

“I didn’t ask why his day had been bad. I’d asked this question so many times before, I thought I already knew the answers: his frustration with work, or else … Read more

A few months ago, I shared my reflections on reluctantly becoming a mom to a brood of boys. I got more responses to that essay than almost any prior, highlighting … Read more

First the water was too hot, and she whined that touching it felt like a sunburn. When I turned the cold dial to cool it down, she wailed that it … Read more