the Clues
Reflections on the ordinary moments in everyday life that reveal something deeper.
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Your Parents Were Normal for Their Time. That Doesn't Mean You're Wrong to Hurt.
Estrangement has always existed. What’s new is the language we now have for pain earlier generations often had to swallow. This article explores how parents and adult children can tell the truth about hurt without losing compassion, humility, or the chance for repair.
The 40s: The Decade of Looking Both Ways.
The 40s can become the decade of looking both ways - backward at the family that shaped you, and forward toward the life, legacy, relationships, or next generation you are shaping. This article explores responsibility, aging parents, over-functioning, family patterns, and the sacred work of deciding what is yours to carry and what is time to put down.
Every Generation Carries a Different Wound.
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Every generation carries a wound. Not because something is wrong with them, but because every generation had to adapt to the world it was born into. This article explores what the Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, and Generation Alpha inherited — and what each may be here to heal.