It seems easy enough, right? We tell our children to apologize and “mean it.” But we see them struggle to conjure up sincerity when they are still hot from the difficult moment. Moms are sometimes guilty of oversimplifying this lesson …
Whole Body Parenting
Recently, I led a 30-minute Facebook Live event, “Whole Body Parenting,” for moms (and dads!) of young children. Many of my presentations for parents and church leaders have focused on learning about early brain development; how neurons in the brain …
It’s Too Dangerous to Love Myself
My story is not unlike those of countless other postpartum moms: pregnancy changed my body in ways I didn’t expect, and even once I lost most of the “baby weight,” I struggled to accept that my body had rearranged itself. …
Truly You: The Work of Being Your True Self
Secure attachment is the holy grail of child development and most moms are preprogrammed to pour themselves out so their kids can attain it. Little ones drink us in deeply, and then when ready, they concentrate their energies beyond our …
Magic in the Mundane
Years ago, I had a dreamlike idea of what motherhood would look like. It looked like the time I babysat a 3-year-old boy at the park and we threw sticks over the side of a bridge, laughing hysterically. It looked …
Redefining the Friendship Loss
In the middle of a very intense season of my life, my two best friends connected over a shared project and from my perspective, for whatever reason, I wasn’t asked to join in. I was left out. I felt like …
Why Being Married to a Husband With a Porn Problem Is Incredibly Painful
There were six of us in the room, our chairs in a circle so that we could see one another fully. The woman across from me was in so much pain. In fact, she didn’t quite know how much more she …
Choose Vulnerability
Vulnerability: one of life’s most radical opportunities for immense failure or intense joy. Relationships allow us a choice: to enter in with all that we are, or to cautiously hold ourselves at bay. Subconsciously, or maybe consciously, we evaluate others. Are …
7 Reasons Women Should Love Their Bodies
“What are these?” my two year old said. ”They’re elbows,” I told him. ”Oh.” He touched them gently. “I love your elbows.” Atlas Girl Kasher was looking at my elbows. I just stood there, staring down at these places called …
How to Be Vulnerable
“Can I cry?” The deluge of tears and snot began, of course, before this terse sentence had even left my lips. I was mired in a season of life where I felt like nothing but one huge, raw, exposed nerve, …