It's 8:30am.  You're ALMOST out the door for school when your little one picks up another toy to play.

Because playing in serious work.  Playing is the way little ones communicate to us.  Obviously, they're communicating,

I don't want to go to school!

If only it were...

In my practice (and in my life), we talk a lot about validating feelings.

It's that process where you deeply see and hear another human being for how they are feeling.  As therapist, we are trained to do it. 

Unfortunately, it hard to most of us to sit with the emot...

You're in the middle of your favorite episode of  This Is Us and your partner comes over and says,

'Okay, we gotta go!  Time to put your shoes on!'

What's your response? 

'Can't you see?! I'm busy! We can't just up and leave!'

Right?

This is how your children feel when you...

Where were you where it happened?

You know, the fumble.

2:21 left in the game.  When we won it.

I was with my closest friends.  I think I may have melted into my sister.  Surrounded by connection.

The moments after, the Eagles unraveled in tender joyful moments of cel...