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Traveling with Kids: San Francisco
One of the things that makes me anxious (there are many!) is thinking about how quickly my children are going to grow up. I’m friends with many of my former students and/or their families on Facebook, so I have watched children go from 3rd grade to high school in the blink of an eye.
When Matt and I are falling asleep together and trying to talk about things that don’t induce anxiety (no Trump talk!), I’ll ask him questions like, “What can we do to make sure we truly savor this time with our children?”
One of our answers is family vacations. During our most recent Fall Break, I had … Read More
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Take Control of Your Health: Order Your Own Blood Work
For those of you who are new to this saga, here’s the quick recap: Henry was struggling with self-regulation. We took him to therapy (and still do), had him tested by a neuro-behavioralist, had food sensitivity testing done (he should steer clear of gluten), and had a genetic test done by a child psychiatrist. His genetic testing reveals that he has MTHFR issues and his body doesn’t process folic acid the way it’s supposed to, which means he doesn’t produce dopamine and serotonin the way he is supposed to (which means he can only self-regulate about 70% of the time).And since it’s genetic, it means I have issues, too!… Read More -
Goal Tracking App
I came across a great app for tracking goals: Streaks!It lets you input things you want to do (or things you want to stop doing) and the frequency with which you want to do them (either per day or per week).It’s a really simple interface for day-to-day tracking. I was using it (and loving it) to track my two runs every week, nightly meditation, skipping dessert four times a week, and stopping work at 8pm.(The epilogue to this post is that I stopped using any type of tracking whatsoever because it started feeling oppressive. I usually love a good tracking system, but I was using it… Read More
