Are You Self-Comforting Yourself too Much?
All over social media, I see jokes and memes about how people are proud of how they haven't been showering or getting dressed during the COVID-19 global pandemic. This, apparently, is a thing. I get it. During a stressful time, it's normal to want to comfort yourself....
The 10-Minute Goldmine Window of Self Care
Imagine for a minute that you get a small window of 10 minutes today to yourself. No children. No one else to tend to. Just you and yourself. And some quiet time. Maybe it's after you've met your last work deadline or once the kiddo is finally...
11 Essentials Boosting My Positivity Right Now
We are wrapping up our seventh week of sheltering in place and I can say that overall I have a strong control of my anxiety and emotions and that feels super great right now. In addition to homeschooling and home tending and client work, my personal focus continues to...
Finding a New Family Normal
For some of us, the honeymoon of slowing down, being together and not having to DO is over. For others of us, there was never a honeymoon as you keep working either at home as a teacher or in some other essential capacity and all you are feeling is guilt and fear and...
{Guest Post} There’s Always Hope
There’s always hope. I find that I reacted to this pandemic by doing and distracting. The doing was the preparing for social distancing, the cleaning of the house, the moving my body, the getting us outside for walks…these were all helpful…but maybe...
{Guest Post} Embracing the Gift of Ease in Uncertain Times
Every January as a member of the Wake Up and Thrive Network, I create a word of the year. I’ve used adventure, glow, rise, radiate. This year as a mom in the midst of a very busy season of life, I chose the word ease. I had a desperate longing for slowness,...
{Guest Post} On Being Forced into Our own Happiness
It was only six weeks ago that I began looking into homeschooling. My daughter had been having a lot of issues in school, and I felt like homeschooling would be a viable temporary option until she would be able to change schools. It’s not commonly done in Luxembourg,...
{Guest Post} Emerging and Shadows: Post Groundhog Day
Asato ma sadgamaya Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya Mrityor mamritam gamaya Om, shanti, shanti, shanti English translation: Lead us from unreal to real Lead us from darkness to the light Lead us from the fear of death To knowledge of immortality Om, shanti, shanti, shanti The...
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