One of the tricky things about parenting is that, just when you feel like you’ve got a handle on things, something (or everything) changes. Growing kids means things are always in a state of transition, and sometimes it’s hard to keep up. This spring unexpectedly turned into an exceptionally busy time for my family, and […]
I had a weird parenting moment the other day… a moment of keen self-awareness where I was able to experience a moment and watch myself experiencing it at the same time, like I was an analytical observer taking stock of it from the outside. We were in the car on the way to a karate […]
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain This is a book that really changed my perceptions of myself and the diversity of the human personality. It does a beautiful job of summarizing how our culture evolved to value traits such as charm, having an outgoing nature, and […]
