I know, it sounds backwards. Most parenting instincts are protect, intervene, smooth the path. But a growing body of evidence suggests that some of the best things you can do for your child involve stepping back and letting them stumble, on purpose, while the consequences are still small. Here are four ways you can put that into practice today.

As a therapist specializing in therapy for women and women's mental health, I work with perfectionism and overachieving anxiety every day—not just in my practice, but in my own life.

I was nine years old, spending another summer camping on the mountain in Lincoln, Vermont. While my older sisters…

Five years. That's how long I lived in the space between hope and heartbreak, between wanting and wondering if I'd ever become a mother. 

People are often surprised to hear that many therapists, including me, started out as clients long before we ever thought about doing this work.