You’re exhausted. You come home from work and collapse onto the couch for a Netflix binge. But when you get up 4 hours later, you feel the same as when you first flopped down. What’s happening here? This is “resting”, right? But then why...
“We are always in transition. If you can just relax with that, you’ll have no problem.” – Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. This week I was in the midst of moving, dismantling and packing my whole place to shift into a new one, and I came across this quotation on a...
10 min Book Review! This books is all about how to foster trust and security within polyamorous relationships, and I would highly recommend it. Who is this book for? Anyone who is engaging in consensual nonmonogamy or polyamory and is seeking to better understand...
In 2019 the WHO described burnout as “the syndrome that results from chronic workplace stress than has not been successfully managed.” You may have heard burnout also referred to as compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, or vicarious trauma, and it is...
Take a moment to imagine two people: The first person has a good sense of themselves and seems to really enjoy and value your relationship with them. Your interactions feel mutual and balanced. They are good at communicating what they do and don’t want. You never have...
Anyone with a creative dream knows that the journey does not come without creative blocks and obstacles. I teamed up with two of the most creative and expressive women I know to have a conversation about the unique and wild ways that we connect with our authentic...
The beginning of 2021 continues to be a doozy, and many people are understandably upset and fatigued. I’ve had many conversations in the past couple of weeks that have turned to the topic of hope and despair, and how one maintains hopefulness in the face of mounting...
When I graduated from my master’s degree program, I set myself a napping goal. As you might imagine, I was exhausted and in need of some serious rest and recovery. At the same time, it takes time to decelerate from that level of sustained, intense productivity...
Earlier this year I adopted a kitten, named him Pantalaimon, and trained him to walk on a harness. Before we go any further, yes it’s adorable, and yes you can probably walk your cat too, but beware because now my cat demands two walks a day like a freakin’ dog and my...
It’s time to stop saying “especially now…”, move beyond superficial approaches to self-care, and get to the heart of what really matters. I’m writing this on the first big snow day of the year in Colorado in the USA. It’s October, 2020....
