Enough already. Self-care is not selfish.
Consider the two words separately —
"self" and "care".
Not put them together:
Self-care.
It changes, right?
Read MoreIf the choice is to disappoint yourself or someone else, choose someone else.
I have the right to make the choices in my life that allow me to thrive and to show up fully in all I do. I can’t do and be it all and I can no longer afford to lose myself in the chase to trying to.
Read MoreIt's time. Let it go.
Too often, we get stuck in these spaces and places. We hold on to painful experiences and emotions because they give us a sense of power and “keep us in line”. But all we are doing by staying in these emotions is getting stuck in our past and eroding our chance of engagement in the present.
Read MoreIt's time to go "off book".
One of the best ways to decondition our brains from a place of anxiety and perfection is to increase our ability to go “off-book” and be spontaneous.
How can we live in a world where we use schedules and systems to optimize our lives while also making time to play, explore, and make space to actually connect with and respond to what our body is asking for?
Read MoreThe Thanksgiving Conundrum
A different way to think about Thanksgiving?
The discussion of holidays — Do we celebrate them? How should we celebrate them? what do they mean to us? — has been a topic Jordan and I have been discussing more and more as Everly is getting older.
Thanksgiving has been a major one for us to consider. How do you talk to a 2.5 year old about the atrocities associated with this holiday? Can you talk about murder with kids that young? Am I uncomfortable because I am privileged? Should we even be celebrating it if it takes this much energy to think about?
It came down to…
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