When the pandemic began in 2020, I took to the tub. Not only as a refuge, but as a creative play space. I don’t know about you, but I often get my best ideas in the tub. Because of the pandemic, my gigs performing in theaters stopped immediately and I needed a new...
Without school, children exhibited increased independence and responsibility.When COVID-19 resulted in closures of schools and after-school activities for children, beginning generally in early March of this year, there were some dire predictions about the effects...
Akilah Richards is an unschooling podcaster (Fare of the Free Child is her podcast), a writer and founding board member of the Alliance for Self Directed Education speaking here with the Awarepreneurs podcast. FREE RECORDED PROGRAM Raising Free Black, non-Black...
Utah just became the first state in America to pass the so-called “Free-Range Parenting” bill, named for the movement I founded. It declares that parents can’t be arrested for negligence just because they let their kids play outside, walk to school or wait briefly in...
I come from a long line of Cherokee people who escaped Andrew Jackson's Trail of Tears and Death, the forced march of our people to Oklahoma which began in 1836.My ancestors hid in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky and slowly assimilated into the white culture...
We grandparents sometimes have a hard time accepting the fact that our grandchildren have to grow up. It’s inevitable. But it’s not easy for us. Sometimes when I walk along my street and see a stroller with an infant I am overcome with delight and ogle the baby. I...
At TEDxMiddlebury 2013 Polly Young-Eisendrath discusses the idea that we can control and manage our lives as counter to our happiness. After considering the true meaning of happiness, Polly highlights several uniquely human emotions—shame, guilt, envy, and...
"I wish my body would just cooperate," Mila says, deep frustration in her voice. "I'm having fantastic sex. Why can't I cum?"We're sitting in my sex therapy office, having a conversation we've had several times before. In fact, it's a conversation I often have with my...
Over the years, I’ve written many times about miracles that my own animals have shown me. These experiences communicated profound and unexpected insights into love, spirit, and the untapped potential of the human heart. Some of my horses recovered against all odds...