Max/Warner Bros. I’ve always known that I talk about being a mom a lot or maybe even too much, depending on my audience. One girls’ weekend when our numbers were split between moms and non-parents, my kid-free friends came up with a code to get out of having to hear us blather on about our...
DMP/E+/Getty Images I was in the middle of a vent session with my therapist when she dropped her latest ‘switch flipper’ on me. It’s something she does often: comes out with a simple statement that changes my whole viewpoint on something. It’s incredibly helpful, and something no other therapist has ever been able to offer...
Pool/Getty Images News/Getty Images This week, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to resume the gutting of the U.S. Department of Education. This dismantling goes hand in hand with his larger plan to shrink the federal government’s role in education in favor of more control by the states, a...
Daniel Llao Calvet/Getty Images In my early and mid-twenties, I jogged several times a week — though whenever asked about my exercise routine, I prefaced any talk of my miles by lamenting how slow I was. Like so much of my youth, I didn’t truly appreciate what I had while I had it. Sure, I...