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Fearless in Parenting: Making Fearless Choices
By
lmarcus
After eleven years of marriage, when it became clear that divorce was the only option, I was consumed by fear: How would I tell my two daughters? If I broke up the family they knew, would it change them irreversibly? Would they understand? It was my job to keep their lives as pain-free as possible,…
Fearless in Parenting: The Guilt-Fear Conundrum
By
lmarcus
My daughter Isabella and I joke about another of my fears: that she’ll actually get her driver’s license. The real fear, of course, is not only for my daughter’s safety, but for my efficacy as a parent. I’m convinced that when a baby is born, guilt and fear replaces it in a mother’s womb: have…
Fearless in Parenting: Being Role-Model Ready
By
lmarcus
When my daughter Isabella was 11, she became preoccupied with everything she ate. She no longer touched sugar, she avoided carbs, and she exercised constantly. It wasn’t until her 12th birthday party, when she refused to eat a piece of cake, that I realized something was wrong. I went through an enormous amount of guilt;…
Fearless About the Body: Self-Confidence, the Ultimate Turn-On
By
lmarcus
I mentioned finding some kind of exercise you can stick to and enjoy. I am not a naturally athletic person, so when I hit my forties and realized it was either shape up or go the way of my beautiful mother (she grew rather elegantly into muumuus), I had to find a way to be…
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