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I had a plan for school mornings. More protein, less sugar, and better breakfasts for my kids. Instead, I got rejected recipes, wasted food, and one batch of pancakes that looked more like scrambled eggs. I was getting frustrated that my perfect plan was completely failing, and I started to realize that maybe the problem wasn’t the breakfast. Maybe it was believing there was a perfect breakfast in the first place. I think we do this in so many areas of our lives. We look for the perfect way...

One outfit doesn’t feel quite right. A few items feel old or outdated. Maybe you’re tired of wearing the same things over and over. What starts as just a few things that feel problematic can quickly turn into, “I’m screwed. This is hopeless. Nothing in here is right.” That’s the all-or-nothing thinking I know very well, both in my closet and everywhere else in my life. If you slip up or something doesn’t go as perfectly as you hoped, it can start to feel like you’ve failed. In your closet,...

You can feel like you’re handling the body changes that come with midlife one day, then see yourself in a dressing room mirror the next and completely tank. Your body looks different than you thought it did, the clothes fit differently than expected, and suddenly you’re asking, how did I get here? I don’t even recognize myself. Even when your size technically hasn’t changed, your body can still look different, and that can be incredibly difficult to deal with emotionally. I find myself...