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Learn the latest on how social media use impacts kids and teen’s mental health, what to do to help kids stuck on a therapy waitlist, why it’s almost always worth practicing optimism — and when you should pull back to avoid toxic positivity. Oh! And books! I have 3 to recommend to you.

Advice For When Life Feels Like It’s Falling Apart

This fall, I experienced unexpected health problems. I have a message for anyone who, like me, finds themselves the owner of a frightening body and a frantic brain.

He’s Here

A very important personal update, the best maternity leggings you can buy, and books to carry you into August.

Yarn

It may seem like I should be comfortable writing about this pregnancy by now, but the truth is I still feel like I am tempting fate every time I talk about it. Still, I am trying to hold space for that fear. And excitement. And gratitude. And grief. So that’s what I wrote about. I hope this essay resonates with anyone who is trying to move forward with authenticity after one of life’s curveballs.

My Latest For PALS: A Potential Space

When I thought about what I would write about for my bi-monthly spot in Pregnancy After Loss Support’s publishing calendar, my mind flashed back to something a doctor said to me right before an important ultrasound. She said, “A uterus is a potential space.” It’s an interesting way to talk about an organ but I think the reason the moment came to me wasn’t because of biology.

Law Of Regression To The Mean

  I get through a lot of bad days by the Law of Regression to the Mean. If a measure is extreme, it’ll be closer to average next time. The really bad thing will almost certainly be slightly less bad next time. I am a big believer in action and change, but some moments (andContinue reading “Law Of Regression To The Mean”