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A year of upgrading my no’s
In general, I’m pretty good about saying no to things that don’t interest me, that feel toxic or constantly draining, or that cross my boundaries. No, I will not debate with you, reactive stranger on...
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Codependency is a sneaky shapeshifter
Last week I shared that I recently closed my online membership. In short, my team and I have been spread way too thin, and that way of working and serving felt out of alignment. Here’s a fuller...
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Prepare to disappoint people when you stop self-abandoning
One of the most consistent challenges I’ve faced on my growth and healing journey is that the more authentically and self-lovingly I show up, the more frequently I disappoint people. Also, the more...
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“It’s okay to move the cat, Beth”
As some of you know, I got a kitten this year. As others of you know, given my extreme cat allergies throughout my life, this is not something I saw coming. Goose is pure, playful, sweet,...
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One reason so many mothers stay disempowered
In last week’s love note, I talked about my new mantra: “It’s okay to move the cat.” In short, I was exploring the tendency many of us have to let our inner mother/nurturer run the show pretty much...
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Lessons I Learned By Sending My Kids to 26 Different Schools
The issue of school choice comes up all the time in MotherWorthy and in my conversations with clients, so I thought I’d share a bit of my experience here, too! All told, my four daughters (three of...
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I’m Self-Motivated, But Only Up To This Point
For the most part, I’m an intrinsically motivated kinda gal. But I’ve come to realize that this is only true up to a point. It’s taken me a while to understand it, but I now see that my energy for...
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I Used To Hate This Advice
I struggled with perfectionism in a pretty big way for the first thirty years of my life. It wasn’t the kind of perfectionism rooted in looking perfect or coming across as flawless or super...
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Do you create arbitrary rules for yourself?
When I first got divorced (after 18 years of marriage), and I felt disoriented and unmoored like never before, I suddenly started making rules for myself. The one I remember most clearly was: “I won’t...
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Be transparent with your kids so they don’t have to make up stories
Modern motherhood is mind-meltingly paradoxical, no matter the ages of your kids or the season you’re navigating. One of the places I see this paradox playing out in super confusing ways for parents...
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