Disclaimer: this article contains affiliate links to the books I love and my favorite yoga mat. If you click on the link to buy any of these items, you won’t pay more, but I will get a percentage of the sale. You’ve heard about meditation. You’ve considered meditating. Maybe you’ve even tried it out a…
Tag: self care
Oops: The Power and the Problem with Positivity
Who would have ever thought there would be a problem with positivity? Not me. I have always been a pretty positive person. I think a natural byproduct of sustained childhood trauma is that you either come out internalizing all the trauma and ending up depressed or you say “fuck that shit” and you decide you…
Mindfulness: My Emotions on Food and Fitness
Mindfulness is an entirely new concept for me. Take food and fitness for just one example. Or two. For more than 20 years now, I throw myself into fitness when I’m well and fall into fatness when I’m unwell. I have lived on an emotional roller coaster of food and fitness. So I use food…
Why You Must Follow Your Heart Every Single Time
Oh there are so many different ways to say the same thing. Follow your heart. Be true to yourself. God’s will. The universe has your back. Trust your instincts. Look inward. And on and on and on. Of course, there are so many ways to say the same thing because it is an entirely true…
Own Your Truth: It’s Where the Magic Is
When I first got into the world of self help, not even a year ago, I had no idea what I was stepping into. My journey has been somewhat serendipitous as I have long been a believer in the power of the mind, so of course I started there. And from there my path naturally…
Having a Bad Day: It’s Not Them. It’s You.
It can happen to the happiest among us. And it can happen for any number of reasons. You didn’t get enough sleep. You haven’t gotten enough sleep in a week, a month, a year! Your kid is sick. You started a new job and you’re feeling overwhelmed. You’re PMSing. Anything can turn a potentially good…
Addicted to Yoga: An Analogy for Life
I don’t know what exactly called me to yoga this time around. I had tried yoga before. A really good friend of mine has done yoga for years. I have seen the transformation in her, especially as a fellow mother of three who has undergone three cesarean section operations. I have seen her stomach flatten…
How to Be Happy: Figuring It Out and Not Giving Up
Figuring out how to be happy can be difficult; it can feel pointless on bad days; it can feel impossible after a long stretch of sadness or resentment. It also doesn’t help that the world is either bombarding us with “don’t worry! be happy!” exhortations or shaming us for trying to be happy: “no one…
A Mother’s Task: Life Through the Eyes of My Child
Easily one of the most important jobs I take on as a mother is to see life through the eyes of my child. I don’t know that I ever tried to walk in anyone else’s shoes before I met my husband. I’m not saying I was a bad person per se; I did a lot…
Self Care Has Become an Industry: Hallelujah
I don’t sell any self care products. I am not a life coach, a self care coach, a fitness coach. No coaching over here. I am a writer, an educator, a mother, a wife, and yes, in all of those roles I am, proudly, a woman. I am and have always been a loud proponent…