What Does it Mean to be Masculine?
I ask myself this a lot, frankly. The tropes, archetypes, narratives, and socially informed values of what masculine is and isn’t are, well, everywhere. Masculine identifying individuals face a consistent liminal interaction with the world. Masculinity grants...
You Can’t Think Yourself Out of Anxiety & Other Lessons Learned from the Body
Imagine a room. Inside this room there is everything you need. Only, it isn’t a room, because it has no walls, no floor, no ceiling. And it doesn’t exist only in your imagination- it is real and present- with you every moment of every day. And it doesn’t hold only...
Mastering Vulnerability: The Antidote to Dysregulation
Life can feel like a rollercoaster—full of unexpected bumps, turns, and drops. We often wear masks of “everything’s fine” to keep it all together, while inside, we’re unraveling. But vulnerability, while uncomfortable, can help us navigate life’s ups and downs with...
Why Your Child’s Self-Regulation Starts with You
We can only learn how to manage and soothe an emotion that we allow ourselves to feel. And kids can only learn how to regulate emotions we allow them to feel. And yet, this acceptance and allowance of big feelings—in ourselves and others—can be so, so hard. Sometimes...
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