SOME THOUGHTS 

Have you ever sat down to begin an assignment, only to find your attention moving in ten different directions? Perhaps you know what you need to do, but getting started feels overwhelming. Or maybe you begin with energy and then lose track of time, materials, or instructions. For many students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, commonly known as ADHD, these experiences can be part of daily life. They can occur in elementary school, high school, college, and beyond

Have you ever opened a social media app for a quick look and discovered that much more time has passed than you expected? Perhaps you went online to check a message but ended up scrolling through news, videos, and updates from people you have never met. You are not alone. Social media has become part of how many of us communicate, learn, work, and relax. It can help us stay close to loved ones, discover new ideas, and find communities where we feel understood. It can also lea

You do not need to have your whole future figured out to begin moving forward. Sometimes feeling stuck looks like staring at an unfinished application. Sometimes it means staying in a routine that no longer fits, postponing an important conversation, or wondering what comes next after a major life change. You may want something different without knowing exactly what that difference should be. You may know what you want but feel overwhelmed by everything it seems to require. F

Why our mistakes deserve reflection, our setbacks deserve context, and our comebacks deserve more attention. We celebrate the promotion, the graduation, the successful business, and the photograph where everyone appears to have figured out their lives. We rarely see the rejected applications, the abandoned first attempts, the difficult apologies, or the mornings when getting started required more courage than anyone realized. We see the announcement. We miss the rebuilding. A

An invitation to reconnect with your curiosity, listen with compassion, and bring something meaningful into your life today. If you could sit beside your younger self for a few minutes, what would you say? Perhaps you would tell that child, “You don’t have to have everything figured out.” Perhaps you would ask about a dream you have almost forgotten. Or perhaps you would simply sit together, offering the patient attention you both deserve. Talking with your childhood is an im

On obstacles, patience, and the slow work of smoothing those leaves and branches try slowing the river’s flow; yet, they force raging water over a sharp rock— just hastening its smoothing — from “(the earth remembers)” On one stretch of the river there is a rock dam. After a storm, I like to stand beside it and see what the water has brought. Branches and leaves pile up against the rocks, a record of everything the river carried in the night. The water finds its way through a