It's not all sunshine and palm trees

Jill Reed

Shining Star in Avellanas

My wife woke up Saturday morning and said to me, “I would like for you to give us your attention today. All of it.” I knew this was one...

Jill Reed, Ph.D.

Staycation in Costa Rica During Quarantine Time

Exploring Uvita, waterfalls, beaches, jungle, and national park Manuel Antonio We’ve been living in Costa Rica for almost a year but we...

Jill Reed, Ph.D.

Anybody Else Feeling the Weight of the Room?

Have you ever woken up at 4:00am from a dream about home searching that involved organic gardening, your kids, some kids from your...

Jill Reed, Ph.D.

I Traded a Sideboard for a Surfboard

Grieving the loss of our Virginia farm from lockdown in Costa Rica I am in a state of grief and it’s not coronavirus pandemic related. I...

Jill Reed, Ph.D.

Throw Out the Noise, Set Aside the Nagging Concern That the World Is Ending, Accept the Interruption

Be still – bring together both the sharpness and the softness in your own head People will judge you, but you are over it. You deleted...

Jill Reed, Ph.D.

Moving to Costa Rica with Kids: a time of transition

Transition: the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another. In a contemporary sense the word, transition, has...

Jill Reed, Ph.D.

Pura Vida With Kids is an Experiment

Greetings and welcome to my experiment in writing. There will be highs, lows, good humor, dry wit and occasional oversharing. Join us on...