What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do

What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do

  “I don’t know what to do.”   “I don’t know who I am anymore.” “Everything is up in the air.”   So many of us are finding ourselves repeating these mantras of the unknown these days.  They’re the language of endings and new beginnings, the lexicon of the...
How to make a nest:  on ritual + self-care that sticks

How to make a nest: on ritual + self-care that sticks

This morning, when I crawled out of bed to begin my day, the yellowest waning moon poured her light into my bedroom window, filtering across the sleeping bodies of my husband and nine-year-old (who leaves her top bunk reliably every night, despite the stuffies...
Motherhood Will Change You:  on losing yourself after having a baby

Motherhood Will Change You: on losing yourself after having a baby

    “It’s not like I’m going to let motherhood change who I am,” I remember saying, with unintended smugness, hand hovering over my resplendently pregnant belly.    It was my first baby, I felt beautiful and powerful, and morning sickness was only a...