June 15, 2025 Feel More & Do Less This Summer To me, summer has always—and will always—begin when school ends. Not on the solstice. But when the routines get thrown out the window, and suddenly, we’re all juggling 7–12 weeks of entertaining kids and keeping up with work, house stuff, life admin, and everything in between. If you know, you know. I wrote about summer survival last year, sharing 1 tip for you, 1 for your kids and 1 for your family - read it here. But this year—T-minus 2 weeks...
21 days ago • 3 min read
May 30th, 2025 Still, We Run Some days collapse time. You get news that breaks your heart, and suddenly you're walking the beach with a friend, talking about breastfeeding struggles when your first babies were six months old. That conversation was almost a decade ago. We don’t live in the same city anymore. We haven’t kept in close touch. But she was at my wedding. She was joyful, deeply kind, and magnetic. Last week, she died of cancer. The following morning, I learned that a friend’s...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
May 23rd, 2025 Missed Moments Hi friends, If my name hasn’t landed in your inbox for a bit—I’m so sorry. A small tech glitch kept some of my recent emails from reaching many of you. So today, I’m popping in to say hello again 👋 and to share a quick roundup of what you might’ve missed. These past weeks, I’ve written about everything from CPR to cordless phones—and I’d love for you to catch up, especially if one of these topics speaks to where you are right now. #1 I Got a Landline (Yes,...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
May 1, 2025 Be where your feet are For months, I’d had this idea sitting in the back of my mind: what if I parked my phone during the most important hours of the day—from school pickup until bedtime? What if I created a few sacred hours in our home that weren’t interrupted by dings, alerts, or the pull of unread emails? Last week, I finally acted on it:I got a landline. Yes, an actual cordless phone that lives in our kitchen. Not for scrolling, group chats or news alerts. It’s for one thing...
2 months ago • 3 min read
April 15, 2025 What holds it all together Dear friend, Right now I’m 36,000 ft in the air on my first child-free transatlantic flight in eight years. That sentence alone feels surreal. It’s been so long since I’ve had this much physical space and mental quiet—space to think, feel, remember. I queued up an old Sex and the City episode during my meal—Carrie turns 35 and gets stood up at her own birthday dinner. She’s reflecting on soulmates, singledom, and that awful look of pity shot her way...
3 months ago • 2 min read
April 1, 2025 The Lifesaving Skills Every Person Should Know Two weeks ago, my cousin’s 2-year-old son choked on a mushroom. The firemen took 6 minutes to arrive, the ambulance 20, and his heart didn't start beating again for 45 minutes. His mother, a midwife, had recently taken a refresher CPR course and performed it relentlessly until help arrived. He was placed in a medically induced coma and spent a week in the hospital, but because CPR kept blood flowing to his brain and body while he...
3 months ago • 2 min read
March 1, 2025 From Bird Poop to Balance It was my first day back at work after baby number two. 4 years ago today. March 1st, 2021. Yes, that’s bird poop on my head. Good luck, right? That’s what I told my three-year-old as we laughed about it. I washed my hair off at daycare and showed up to work feeling … strange. I had used every bit of unpaid leave and vacation to extend my maternity leave, but the time had come. I was "ready." Ready to leave the house, dress up again, talk to adults, and...
4 months ago • 3 min read
February 15th, 2025 Prenatal & Postpartum Nutrition—Simplified by a Midwife Did you know that 97% of women take a prenatal vitamin, yet 95% are still missing key nutrients? That math doesn’t add up. When I was pregnant, I lived in Switzerland, where there were mayyybe 3 prenatal vitamins to choose from at the pharmacy. Even that felt overwhelming. I did my research, made a list of must-have ingredients and doses, and still ended up just taking the pharmacist’s recommendation. And after all...
5 months ago • 1 min read
Jan 30, 2025 Goals vs. Tasks: I Finally Get It! I started working with a business coach this month. During our first meeting, he explained the difference between a goal and a task. “Ohhh … yesss … duhhh,” I said to myself. A goal is something you want to achieve but that is also impacted by external factors. “I want to sleep better” or “I want my children to tell me the truth.” A task is something entirely in your control that will help you reach your goal. “No screens 1hr before bed” or...
5 months ago • 1 min read