The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

Everything about this research process has pushed me in ways that I never imagined. This is ...

assurances from others. “What do you think?” “Should I do it? “Do you think it’s a good idea, or do you ...

I understand that faith and reason can clash and create uncomfortable tensions—those tensions play out in my ...

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Some of my best childhood memories involve creativity, and almost all of them are from the years that w ...

neighborhood. Things changed, and in many ways that move felt like a fundamental shift for our fami ...

It might sound cliché, but the world doesn’t even look the same to me anymore. I see beauty and potentia ...

At times, when I was interviewing people for my research, I felt like an alien—like a visitor trying ...

of play, the first of which is that play is apparently purposeless. Basically this means that we ...

Steve and I sat down in 2008 and made a practical list of the things that make our family work. ...

are in place when everything feels good in your life. Then check that list against your to-do ...

After this research first emerged, remember that I made a beeline for my therapist’s office. I knew ...

Calm Parenting by Maud Bryt.^1 Bryt’s mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother were midwives in Holland ...

elusive nothingness. As I collected and analyzed more stories, I realized that my initial thinking ...

works for us. To be honest, I’m never more open and emotionally clutter-free than when I’m walking alone ...

In the chapter on creativity, I wrote that a significant part of my work involves making connections. ...

Most of us who are searching for spiritual connection spend too much time looking up at the sky and wonderin ...

sound bite or to confuse the hell out of people. Now my answer to “What do you do?” is, “How much time ...

Alchemist^3 —I try to read it at least once a year. It’s a powerful way of seeing the connections betw ...

Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you’ve never been hurt ...