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Happy Spring! As it warms up and our world reopens (yay!) I hope you are finding joy in possibility. I’ve started recording new episodes for The Recess Life podcast and I can’t wait [...]

Happy 2021! I think I can still say that, right? What a year it’s been already. I knew that everything wasn’t going to magically go back to normal when we closed the books on 2020. [...]

We are starting 2021 with more tensions than ever. What is it going to take to bring us together from all across the different spectrums? Could play be the answer? In this episode I speak with [...]

When Shawnrey Notto describes embodiment, it sounds like it has a lot in common with play: engaging the senses, feeling fully alive, savoring every moment. Yet most of us understand play as a [...]

Overthinking. Being in my head. Swirling through thoughts.   Since the pandemic has started I’ve often found myself living in my head and disconnected from my body. There have been [...]

For those of us that live in the United States Thanksgiving is upon us. This is the holiday that we typically spend with friends, family and take time to be grateful for what we have in our [...]

Thanksgiving is upon us and some of us are having trouble finding gratitude this year. I don’t blame you AT ALL. It would be easy to brush off finding gratitude as a silly tradition and one [...]

Last week I was glued to ABC News and social media. Everytime the electoral college map changed I felt a pang of hope or panic. ​ When the announcement was made on Saturday a release of tears [...]

Right now it’s easy to look around and wonder if our country can get to a place of collective joy. In this expansive conversation with Emmy award-winning creative director, author and [...]

My mom and I walked out of IKEA with a new trash can, four plates and a dish-drying mat. After three hours. THREE HOURS. ​ I was helping my parents move into their new house in northern [...]