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Jeanette Brown
Editor-in-Chief at The Artful Age
- 21 stories
- Writing since 2026
Jeanette Brown is Editor-in-Chief of The Artful Parent with her husband, Graeme. A writer, retired education leader, and career coach based in Australia, she writes about purpose, identity, creativity, and the small daily choices that help a family feel connected. More at jeanettebrown.net.
Jeanette Brown is a writer, retired education leader and career coach based in Australia. After a long career in the classroom and leading education teams, and a lifetime spent guiding young people through the moments that shape them, she now writes about purpose, identity, creativity, and the small daily rituals that quietly make us who we are. On The Artful Parent she brings an educator's eye to the everyday craft of raising curious, creative kids, alongside the bigger questions of building a meaningful family life. A passionate journaler, she does her clearest thinking outdoors, walking or cycling under an open sky.
Signature pieces
- + The Journal The capacity to be alone, the British psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott argued in the 1950s, is one of the most important… Aug 5, 2026
- + The Journal A video call with a baby fails at almost everything, the lag ruins conversation and peekaboo lasts ninety seconds, but… Aug 1, 2026
- + The Journal Psychology says people who deliberately engineer tiny pleasures into their days aren't being indulgent or avoidant… Jul 31, 2026
All stories
- Jul 30, 2026 People who feel strangely lost after retirement aren’t always grieving the work itself + The Journal
- Jul 29, 2026 Psychology says people who quietly scaled back their social lives in their 50s and 60s aren't becoming withdrawn or… + The Journal
- Jul 25, 2026 We spend years preparing financially for retirement, but a study following workers into their first year found that… + The Journal
- Jul 24, 2026 Parents who feel a quiet ache when their adult children stop needing them aren’t being selfish + The Journal
- Jul 23, 2026 The grandparents whose adult children call most often aren't the ones who showed up every time they were needed + The Journal
- Jul 23, 2026 Psychology says grandmothers who resist the urge to fix, advise, and intervene aren't withholding love + The Journal
- Jul 20, 2026 The Japanese concept of ikigai is often translated as “a reason for getting up in the morning,” but it can be much… + The Journal
- Jul 20, 2026 People who describe retirement as exhausting are often describing something deeper + The Journal
- Jul 16, 2026 Why so many of us have forgotten how to do absolutely nothing + The Journal