An invitation to parents—to love our children for who they are rather than who we might think they ought to be, to help them grow into themselves rather than forcing them into the mold of average American. Read more... open.substack.com/pub/amyjuliabe…

"The nurse invited me to love our daughter for who she is rather than who I might think she ought to be. She invited us away from individual achievement, social hierarchies, and competition to greater freedom, connection, and a world of possibility." 👇🏻 amyjuliabecker.substack.com/p/penny-goes-t…

Where do our ideas of “the good life” come from, what might be problematic about those ideas, and how we can envision something different? open.substack.com/pub/amyjuliabe…

Season 8 of the Reimagining the Good Life podcast begins on Tuesday. If you're ready to explore helpful, beautiful perspectives on belonging and belovedness and mattering, now is the perfect time to join. Subscribe today! amyjuliabecker.com/podcast/

Cultures of Growth by Mary C. Murphy. For anyone interested in how the idea of “fixed” and “growth” mindsets affect communities (and not just individuals), this book is a fascinating read with implications for personal and institutional life. More recs: open.substack.com/pub/amyjuliabe…

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry I couldn’t sleep, so I downloaded this on Kindle & raced through half of it. The good news—I love the characters & the story. It’s charming, winsome, sad, sweet. Bad news—far too interesting to put me to sleep! More recs: open.substack.com/pub/amyjuliabe…

Our culture often underscores a mindset of deficit when talking about and portraying disability. But that message of misfortune has been challenged by families whose lives tell a different story. wbur.org/cognoscenti/20…