Last week I wrote about a few of my favorite things (are you humming? I am!). This week I want to share some of the things I can’t resist – including a few that I probably should. Chinese Food &
Loving My Life: Favorite Things
Like it or not, if you walk into any store you’ll see things to tell you Valentine’s Day is around the corner (I saw Twinkies with pink filling in the grocery store!) I’ve never been a fan of this holiday.
Encouragement and Personal Integrity
Here we are at the last week of January (can you believe it) and the final letter in my self-care anagram: E. Encouragement. Do you know what happens when you do a search for self-encouragement? You get lists of positive
Show Yourself Some Respect
There is a common mantra in self-care around the idea that you cannot pour from an empty cup. You must fill yourself up before you can be there for others. (this is related to putting the oxygen mask on you
Self-Acceptance and the Wolf of Resistance
I chose to write on the theme of self-care this month because it has become more important to me as I look at the way I treat myself, treat others, and how I live my life. I should have known
Compassion and the Power of Why
Guess what I was doing just this past Sunday? Beating myself up for not getting as much done as I planned during the first week of the year. Yup, not even seven days in and already all I could see
Self C.A.R.E.
All over my social media feed, people are taking stock of the year that just ended and looking forward toward their hopes and dreams for 2019. I’ve been doing a lot of that myself, although I started long before the
Fierce Desire
Five times. That’s how many times I’ve started, stopped, restarted and re-written this blog post. I must be on to something. The more uncomfortable I get, the more likely it is this is something I need to be pursuing. A
How Do You Go For Dream
I was doing my morning pages about two weeks ago and I found myself thinking about where I am on my goals for 2018 and the ones I might want to set for the coming year. Something hit me that
I’m Having an AFOTLAG
Never heard that acronym before? Trust me, it’s very useful. I cannot remember who taught me the phrase or in what context, but in the years since I heard it I’ve had more of them than I care to count.