Now that my job situation is more under control (after more than 8 years!) I’m shifting my focus to my parenting. I’m reading lots of books and trying to stay grounded.

There are so many reasons why parenting is super-hard for me, in particular! First, I like the destination more than the journey. (And parenting is all journey!). Second, I like to sculpt and control things to optimize the outcome. And parenting is more about watering seeds—seeds that grow into whatever they were destined to be (not determined by me).

I searched for parenting meditations on my free meditation app (Insight Timer) but wasn’t too jazzed about the … Read More