7 signs you’re not cold or distant—you’re just protecting your energy
Some seasons of life ask you to be generous with your energy—new babies, big work pushes, illness in the family, back-to-school chaos. Other seasons ask
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Some seasons of life ask you to be generous with your energy—new babies, big work pushes, illness in the family, back-to-school chaos. Other seasons ask
Aging is such a loaded word, isn’t it? Some people dread it, others embrace it, and most of us probably float somewhere in between. I’m
Some people seem to glow more with each passing year. Not in an airbrushed, impossible way—but in a quietly magnetic way you notice on walks,
Parenting is hard work. No one gets it perfect. But there’s a big difference between a parent who’s figuring things out and one who was
A friend recently ended a decade-long friendship over what seemed like nothing—a series of helpful suggestions, thoughtful advice, generous offers. “But I was only trying
Let’s face it: most parents want the best for their children. We want them to succeed, to avoid mistakes, and to shine in everything they
Some people walk into a room and command attention. Others? They don’t make a big fuss, yet somehow their presence lingers. They leave you feeling
Last weekend, I helped my dad clean out his garage — a project we’d been threatening to tackle since roughly 2009. Between the paint cans
The apology seemed perfect. Tears, even. A trembling voice admitting fault, acknowledging pain, promising change. Six weeks later, nothing had shifted except my certainty that
The patience you had at thirty-five for certain people and their nonsense? Gone, along with your tolerance for cheap wine and shoes that hurt. There’s
Most of the real work of emotional intelligence happens in the quiet. It’s not a TED Talk at the dinner table and it’s not a
The distance doesn’t arrive with slammed doors or angry declarations. It creeps in through shorter phone calls, delayed texts, and conversations that somehow never venture
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