Personal growth
6 articles
Therapy as Self-Care, Not a Last Resort
A lot of parents treat therapy like a fire extinguisher: break glass when something is on fire. The research has been pointing the other way for decad...
Why Parents Need Personal Goals
When you become a parent, your goals quietly collapse into your child's. Get through the day, hit the next milestone, keep the household running. That...
How to Gently Integrate the Parenting Role Into Life
Integration is different from balance. Balance suggests you're dividing your life into separate compartments—work time, parenting time, self-care time...
Parenthood and Identity
Before your child was born, you had an identity. You were a person with a name, a profession, interests, relationships, a way of moving through the wo...
How to Identify Your Own Parenting Style
Most parents have a sense of how they parent, but it's often inaccurate. You might think you're authoritative while actually being permissive, or vice...
Parenting as a Process of Growth, Not a Set of Rules
When you first become a parent, it's tempting to search for "the right way" to do things. You might look for rules, frameworks, or expert advice that...