Adoptee Voices on the Healing Journey I don’t get to spend as much time immersed in the world of foster care, adoption, and kinship care as I used to, but it still holds my heart.  This month, in honor of National Adoption Awareness Month, our Healers & Cycle-Breakers Blog post is brought to you in […]

Our brains love stories. It’s part of why love songs, movies, books, and even reality TV shows exist. Stories help us learn, they build empathy, and they help us understand ourselves more fully.  In fact, your brain is constantly creating an internal story about yourself–based on both present and past experiences. The One Where I Was a […]

Helping Kids Face Anxiety with Confidence When I first released the book, Hello, Anxiety, someone commented, “I need a book called, Goodbye, Anxiety!” And honestly? I get it.  Anxiety can feel like an avalanche of “what ifs.”  It’s messy and loud and hard to control. Of course we want it gone. But here’s what I’ve learned, both as […]

A compassionate guide to make sense of hard days There’s a voice in my head that says, “Be perfect. Do enough. Don’t stand out. Definitely don’t have needs.” That’s the Chameleon* part of my brain. It’s the Downstairs Brain protector I know best—always trying to help me blend in, keep the peace, fly under the radar. And it’s […]