If you really want to understand someone’s character, don’t look at how they treat their boss or their friends. Look at how they treat the
Last week at the farmers’ market, I watched my five-year-old Ellie negotiate with Milo over who got to carry the basket of apples. Instead of
The other night, Matt’s (my partner) mom called to check in, and somehow we ended up talking about screen time. She couldn’t understand why I
I was talking with a friend at the farmers’ market last Saturday when she mentioned something her partner said that stopped me cold. It wasn’t
By the time you reach your 70s, you’ve earned something precious: perspective. You’ve lived through multiple eras, watched the world change at lightning speed, and
For a long time, I believed it was my responsibility to “fix” people. If someone was rude, I tried to be more patient. If someone
Every so often, usually when I’m rinsing soil out of Ellie’s socks or prying a wooden spoon out of Milo’s grip before he declares it
Most people don’t think of themselves as “privileged.” That word feels big, political, or uncomfortable — like something that applies to “other people,” not us.
Most people have no idea when they’re genuinely admired. Why? Because true admiration is quiet. The people who respect you the most often won’t gush
There’s a specific moment in every manipulative relationship—romantic, familial, or professional—when everything shifts. It’s the moment you stop playing along. High-level manipulators rely on your
There’s a moment in adulthood when you look back on your childhood and realize something profound: the small, everyday sentences your parents used to say
If there’s one theme that keeps coming up in my own life—and in the thousands of messages I get from readers—it’s this: Most of us
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