Tag Archive for: self-compassion

self-care

6 Things to Do When the Going Gets Tough

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Many people are struggling right now and barely keeping their heads above water. I was visiting with an old friend yesterday who is battling depression. “It comes and it goes, but when it returns, I often freeze and forget what helps me the…
self-care

Three Baby Steps to Help You Prioritize Self-Care

Last week I spoke at a women’s life balance event and afterwards I visited with an attendee who asked, “I know self-care is important, but I have no idea what I need and I’m not even sure where to start!” Can you relate?
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Rest is Radical Self-Care: 5 Ways to Begin

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This week I’ve carved out Wednesday afternoon to spend a relaxed hour with my calendar— not penciling things in, but revisiting pending events and making intentional choices that support a more open, spacious, restorative summer schedule. Does…
mindfulness

(Video) How Can You Release Anxiety (3 ways to begin)?

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“Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns.” Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance This week, I'm getting real about anxiety and anchoring back to…
mindfulness

(Video) How Can You Do Less (to experience more)?

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Last week I was juggling work deadlines, training a new staff member and packing up to head out of town for vacation. One evening, while driving to my community singing class (an hour away), I found myself feeling more and more tired. More…
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(Video) What Constitutes A Perfect Day for You?

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Over the years, I've learned that how I enter my day is how I do my day. Yesterday, I woke up feeling AMAZING. When I reflected back on the previous 24 hours, I learned a lot about what elements contribute to me having a perfect day (and what…
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(Video) What is the Summer Your Soul Desires?

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“Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly.” ― Pablo Neruda, poet/author I fell in love with Western North Carolina in summer 2014 when I was in Asheville doing a book signing. I have traveled…
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(Video) What Are You Normalizing?

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"A habit is a choice that we deliberately make at some point, and then stop thinking about, but continue doing, often every day." Charles Duhigg, author, The Power of Habit We just returned from visiting our son at college in WI. After…
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(Video) Why Slowing Down is a Superpower

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“If we would just slow down, happiness would catch up to us.” ― Richard Carlson, Ph.D., author, "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff .... And, It's All Small Stuff."  Feel like everything is moving really fast? Me, too. When I feel my breathing…
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(Video) What Do You Need to Heal Right Now?

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“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ― Rumi I believe we're just beginning to understand how the pandemic has affected our individual and collective psyches and how it has served as a catalyst--personally and professionally--for…
stress management

4 Ways to Invoke Self-Compassion

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Ever notice when you're seeing everything that's not working ... rather than everything that is? Last week I was here. Then, I paused. I stepped on to my front porch to look at the trees and drink in the reminder that I'm going through numerous…
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(Video) The Reminder We Probably All Need Now

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Everyone I know has shared how challenging the last two weeks have been. Collectively and individually many of us have been navigating emotionally-wrought times. Even if your own life seems stable, we're all affected by what happens in the "collective"…
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