Articles: 74
30 Jul 2025, 14:02
Parenting
to all who celebrate
27 Jul 2025, 14:01
I've been helped so much by these two Tara Brach podcast episodes lately, so passing them on to you:
23 Jul 2025, 14:03
Thank you, as always, for your support, readership, witness, feedback.
20 Jul 2025, 14:02
My friend Chris Colin on the "sludge" of modern life: "tortuous administrative demands, endless wait times, and excessive procedural fuss that impede us in our lives." How can someone write in such a compelling way about something decidedly banal?
16 Jul 2025, 14:03
You gotta listen to this awesome episode I just did of my pod with Oliver Burkeman (of 4,000 weeks fame) and one of my besties.
13 Jul 2025, 17:17
Five excerpts from things I've read recently that I thought were powerful…
09 Jul 2025, 14:01
lessons from my badass 80-year-old second mom
06 Jul 2025, 12:39
When the world is in flux and pain, poetry is where I often turn.
02 Jul 2025, 14:02
5 questions for author and applied behavioral scientist Elizabeth Weingarten
29 Jun 2025, 14:01
I feel so lucky to have been able to record an episode of this podcast, Best Life, Best Death, about aging and dying in America, along with my dad's incredible doctor, Dr.
25 Jun 2025, 14:00
Thanks, as ever, for supporting this newsletter with your attention, your insights, and your money.
22 Jun 2025, 14:01
I'm so excited about this new How To!
18 Jun 2025, 14:03
This week I'm feeling sad and quiet and like what I have to offer you is the prayer, I myself, really need.
15 Jun 2025, 14:02
Happy Father's Day to all who celebrate.
11 Jun 2025, 14:01
5 questions for science reporter and parenting expert Melinda Wenner Moyer
08 Jun 2025, 14:02
My therapist recommended the book When the Body Says No by Dr.
04 Jun 2025, 14:02
AKA poetry + play + family
01 Jun 2025, 14:02
Love seeing this solutions journalism on climate—50 States, 50 Fixes. (Thanks for the heads up Marika!)
28 May 2025, 14:02
25 May 2025, 14:01
Do you crave a housing situation that transcends the nuclear family stereotype?
21 May 2025, 14:01
how to create conditions for a culture of creativity in your family's home
18 May 2025, 14:00
The Wise Unknown Season 2 wrapped to a close this week!
14 May 2025, 14:02
5 questions for journalist, mother of twins, and sibling witness Susan Dominus
11 May 2025, 14:01
Happy Mother's Day to all that give a shit.
07 May 2025, 14:02
5 questions for critic and author Amanda Hess
04 May 2025, 14:02
I was so excited to see my dear friend and cofounder of the Solutions Journalism Network, David Bornstein, in conversation with my dear friend Krista Tippet.
30 Apr 2025, 14:01
making grief visible
27 Apr 2025, 14:02
I got to go to the San Francisco Film Festival last week with Stella's 3rd grade class and watch all the shorts and it was a dream.
23 Apr 2025, 14:01
20 Apr 2025, 14:01
Wow, I'd never heard the terms "class dysmorphia" or "comfort class"—both exactly what I've needed in so many personal and political moments to explain why wealthy people believing they are in economic peril drives me bonkers and/or performing middle classness irks me so: "Members of the comfort class are not necessarily wealthy.
16 Apr 2025, 14:03
I'm about 100 paid subscribers away from my goal of 1,000 paid subscribers.
13 Apr 2025, 16:58
We put out a sweet little audio essay this week featuring Isabel Allende's wise unknown, Lori Barra, and the chaos at my own family dinner table.
