In a few weeks, I’ll attend the wedding of a young couple who have spent nearly two years preparing for their day. Like most weddings, it will be filled with genuine joy; family traveling in from across the country, music, laughter, and the palpable anticipation that surrounds a brand-new chapter. As they make their final preparations, I find myself reflecting on an earlier chapter of my clinical career. For years, I worked extensively with couples as they prepared for marriage; facilitating...

"There are two ways to measure time: by calendars, and by who shared those years with us." Long before I thought much about grief education or coaching people through life's difficult seasons, there was Grace. An English Bulldog with an oversized head, an oddly charming underbite, a stubby tail that seemed to develop a life of its own whenever one of our sons came home, and a snore so impressive that if she settled over her favorite heating vent, you could hear it throughout the house....

Why invisible labor leaves capable people exhausted - even when everything appears to be under control. If you're like many professionals, this week probably feels unusually full. You're trying to finish projects before the holiday while mentally preparing for everything waiting outside of work; family plans, travel, aging parents, children home from school, meals, appointments, last-minute errands, it's a balancing act. By Friday, many people will say they're ready for a break. Yet for some,...