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Doing Everything Right… and Still Feeling Stuck? It Might Be Pressure balanced living better decisions change becomes easier family stress gain clarity less pressure move forward never enough thinking parenting challenges parenting teens parenting under pressure pressure culture reconnect with your body reduce pressure parenting simplify Apr 19, 2026

Doing everything right… and still feeling stuck?

That’s what I see in so many of the parents and individuals of all ages and genders that I work with.

They’re showing up.
Doing what they’re supposed ...

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When a Child Says “I’m in My Own Head”: What It Really Means kids and teens mental health overthinking parenting pressure culture resilience sensitive kids Mar 21, 2026

 When a Child Says “I’m in My Own Head”: What It Really Means

Sometimes the hardest thing to see…...is what’s happening inside our kids’ heads.

A teammate once said to my child, “What’s wrong with y...

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The Urge to Fix: When Loving Your Child Turns Into Overfunctioning adult child estrangement anxious parenting calm leadership emotional regulation lighthouse parening overfunctioning parent parent child relationships parenting boys parenting teens parenting young men pressure culture Mar 01, 2026

 

You don’t panic because you don’t care. You don’t send another text because you’re controlling. You don’t replay the conversation because you’re dramatic. You do these things because you love deepl...

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Before You Correct the Behavior, Ask: Is This Stress? boys and mental health emotional regulation family connection high-achieving families mental health in men parenting teen boys parenting teens performance pressure pressure culture stress response teen stress young men mental health young men pressure young men stress Feb 15, 2026

 

 

At a recent parent workshop, I asked one volunteer to sit in a chair and represent a typical teen boy.
Then I asked seven parents to stand around him. Each was a given a sticky note with one of t...

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When Success Comes With Conditions: How Pressure Shapes Coping — Then and Now body image body image history mandatory weigh-ins pressure and coping pressure and weight pressure around women's bodies pressure culture pressure shapes coping pressure to achieve redefining success stewardess 1960s body image Jan 11, 2026

When Success Comes With Conditions: How Pressure Shapes Coping — Then and Now

When Prestige Also Meant Pressure

For decades, flight attendants were held to strict standards around appearance and beh...

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