by Lindsey Magner | Apr 1, 2024 | Fun
I was playing Crazy 8’s with my almost-10-year-old daughter yesterday morning and she asked me to teach her how to shuffle. I grew up playing cards, so I can do several tricks that, while fully unnecessary for achieving the result of mixed-up cards, look very cool. I...
by Lindsey Magner | Dec 4, 2023 | Holidays
Hey there mental health miracles. As we marinate in the stew of the holiday season, I’d like to share two words that are serving as mantras for me this year: permission and choice. Recently I was sitting in a circle of women discussing Thanksgiving and someone...
by Lindsey Magner | Oct 10, 2023 | ADHD
Yesterday afternoon, my 7-year-old middle child was diagnosed with ADHD. This diagnosis didn’t come as a shock; their father has it, their grandfather has it, their older sister has it. Honestly, I’m starting to feel like the neurotypical odd-duck in a family stew of...
by Lindsey Magner | Aug 11, 2023 | Holy
I was thinking about God Like, maybe She’s a painter–Imagine Her touching the brush To the tip of Her tongue, dragging it through blackberry morning Daubing globs of purple-black onto the edge of the sky Delighting in whimsy, chuckling that when we see sparkles...
by Lindsey Magner | Jul 6, 2023 | Self-Care
I suffered from an eating disorder for 15 years and while I got physically well at 28, it’s taken me almost 12 years to feel truly at home inside myself. What follows is a reflection on the “then” and “now” of the journey. Spoiler alert: The “now” is so. much. better....