by Jenn | Sep 20, 2018 | Coaching, Dear Daughters, Effective Parenting, Kids, Love
With the start of senior year, I find myself entering uncharted territory. She is pulling away from me and holding me at arm’s length for the first time ever. Free flowing communication has been largely replaced by secrecy and silence. Even though she still...
by Jenn | Mar 22, 2018 | Blog, Dear Daughters, Kids, Life, Love
Dear Daughters, We were away last week and I chose to not write TO you because I was busy enjoying time WITH you. That time away was actually the catalyst for today’s post. During the time when I would typically be sitting down to write this, we were in the air...
by Jenn | Feb 8, 2018 | Dear Daughters, Kids, Life, Love
Most days, I know it can be incomprehensible to think of me as anything other than your mother. After all, that has been the nexus of our relationship since the beginning of your time on earth. But I am, and have always been, so much more than just your mother, with...
by Jenn | Feb 1, 2018 | Blog, Dear Daughters, Kids, Life, Love
Dear Daughters, It’s a new month in a relatively new year and I am launching this new initiative on my blog called Things I Want My Daughters to Know Thursdays. I’m not entirely sure why I am starting this weekly endeavor—part of me has been feeling a strong pull to...
by Jenn | Aug 10, 2017 | Coaching, Current Affairs, Goal Setting, Kids, Life, Love, self esteem through art
We went to Martha’s Vineyard yesterday. It was the first time for all of us and we were all looking forward to experiencing different aspects of the island. Tops on the list for my daughters was jumping off the “Jaws” Bridge and into the water....
by Jenn | Jul 24, 2017 | Coaching, Current Affairs, Effective Parenting, Entrepreneurial, Kids, Life, Love, self esteem through art, the power of words
I’ve never told you this before… The Self Esteem Through Art program started way before it formally “started”—a couple of decades before, actually. I brought a lot of old shit into my marriage—old ways of thinking, learned ways of moving...