How To Find Your Calm in Times of Crisis
January 16, 2021
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“May you live in interesting times.” This quote of questionable origin is described as a curse wrapped in a blessing. It is pointing to the
Consultation: 10 Questions to Ask a Therapist Before Starting Therapy
December 22, 2020
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Way to go! You have made the most important first step to healing, by seeking out help. Most people who need help never take this
Making Normal Unnatural for Profit
August 3, 2020
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When normal is defined as comfortable, our common human experiences become pathologized.
Wabi Sabi and Kaizen
February 4, 2019
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I lit some sage this morning over coffee and watched the smoke. The wisps of smoke swirled this way and that. They were not in
6 Steps Beyond Failed Resolutions
January 28, 2019
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It’s the last week of January 2019. How are you feeling? Was it the month you wanted it to be? How did those Resolutions go?
Do What You Can…It’s more than you think
January 21, 2019
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World feel upside down? Lost in the fog? Painted yourself into a corner? Cool! Healing starts in those places and it’s a grassroots job. All
4 Mindset Shifts for the New Year (or any time)
December 30, 2018
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Happy New Year! I remember once watching a mom with her child in the mall. She stood in front of a candy store, her child
Mindset Shift: Sustainability over Security
December 30, 2018
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You are not safe. Dramatic, yes? Chill. Let me get to the point, it’ll be ok. In previous posts I wrote about Balance and Perfection
Mindset Shift: Excellence over Perfection
December 30, 2018
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Perfection is unattainable. And why would you want to? Perfection is a fixed end state beyond which you cannot go. Do you really want to
Mindset Shift: Harmony over Balance
December 30, 2018
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Balance is a lie perpetrated out of a mindset that is binary and static; a point of view that is simplistic and ignorant. It refuses
Christmas Candy from the Universe: The Unexpected Bolt of Joy
December 17, 2018
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Take a trip back with me into the past before the internet to find your joy. Before smart devices. Before instant gratification of all things.
Notes on a Conscious Christmas
December 10, 2018
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Ok, full transparency time. I do not like Christmas. In general, I don’t care for most modern holidays. They have become commercialized caricatures of what
Accepting Naps Into Your Heart
December 3, 2018
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The past couple weeks have been rough. I ain’t gonna lie. It’s been downright hard. A friend died unexpectedly the morning of a major holiday
How Happy Are You?
November 26, 2018
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What makes you happy? “I want it now!” We are all guilty of this at certain times and situations. It’s what makes the quote that
Stake a Claim on Your Calm
October 29, 2018
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Projects overdue. Bills waiting to be paid. Texts are backed up. Email box is screaming. Voice mailbox is full. Pantry is empty and they know
Thoughts on Navigating Change
October 26, 2018
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A spoonful of compassion makes the change medicine go down. This month has been all about change. Change isn’t easy. It is sometimes begrudgingly engaged
The Yoga of Life
October 26, 2018
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A friend and I complained about and compared aches and pains this morning. Nothing major, just the typical signals of age rolling into bodies once