Mother’s Day – Staircase 9 17

Posted on March 20, 2020March 19, 2020 by Staircase 9 17 · 5 Comments

Small steps in March

Hello, Since we started planning today's post, the situation with the Covid-19 pandemic has been developing apace and many of us are facing unprecedented changes to our day to day lives. There are so many inspiring stories of the ways people are connecting in spite of restrictions on our movement and it seems appropriate…

Posted on May 10, 2019May 9, 2019 by Staircase 9 17

A twenty-second hug for Mother’s Day

Dear Claire, I listened to an interesting podcast the other day on NPR, our national public radio station here in the US. It was an interview with twin sisters Emily and Amelia Nagoski, whose new book Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle (or in the UK, Burnout: The Secret to Solving the Stress…