Hearing Out Life Drama Blog

I didn’t grow up meditating. I learned how to listen in a different way—first through quiet church services and hymns, then through my work, and eventually through life’s messier moments that demanded my attention in more honest ways. But one of my e...

Note: Stephanie gave me her permission to write this—because if sharing her experience helps even one person feel less afraid, less alone, or more hopeful, it’s worth it.

When someone you love has been fighting treatment-resistant depression for dec...

If you’ve ever had a hard time with a family member, you’re not alone!

Conflict in families is common—even expected. We grow up with people who see the world differently than we do. We get triggered. We fall into old patterns. And sometimes, we hur...

I was heading out the door to the post office when a family member asked if I would pick up milk while I was out.

Normally that would have been a simple favor, but that particular day I already had several stops planned and was carrying a lot of st...

I didn’t know postpartum rage was even a thing. I had heard of postpartum depression, of course. I’d heard of “baby blues.” But rage? That sounded too extreme, too shameful to say out loud.

And then it happened to me.

In the first few weeks after m...

I remember standing in the grocery store line, trying to hold it together.

My phone buzzed in my hand. The glucose alarm was going off again. I was texting quickly, asking if he’d grabbed a Jolly Rancher, hoping he had seen the alert in time. My min...