Wired for Connection Blog

You dreamed of slow mornings, spontaneous adventures, and sun-soaked memories.

Instead?

You're snapping at your kids, dodging endless schedule negotiations, and considering whether locking yourself in the laundry room qualifies as “me time.”

Yep—summer has arrived. And it’s a lot.

Especially if ...

There is a lot of invisible labor that goes into preparing for a new school year. Orientation, meet the teacher, classroom supply lists, carpool! If you handle that for your family, I see you and honor you! If you don't handle that in your family, give a big hug and a thank you to the person who doe...

A Facebook memory popped up from July 5th, 2016. It read:

My kids were 3, 7 and 10. My husband traveled for work a lot. I was homeschooling. The days were wonderful, but long. Bedtime is when I would lose my cool after holding it together all day. 

After growing up with the fixed mindset that so...