Category: Mindfulness
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Why Workplace Mental Health Matters More Than Ever
The workday rarely slows down and the busy pace we so often keep brings stress. Sometimes, if this stress builds up enough it can severely affect our overall well-being. For professionals who care about mental health (whether it’s for themselves or their teams) having strong mental wellness practices in place can make all the difference. …
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Why Breaks Boost Productivity
Picture this: it’s 3pm and you’re starting to feel the afternoon brain fog drift in while scrolling through your inbox. What do you do? Do you push through it hoping it will go away and you’ll be struck by a miracle second wind? Do you grab another cup of coffee from the machine? Do you…
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How to Set Healthy Boundaries
Do you have a clear sense of your boundaries? Or do you struggle to identify that a boundary has been crossed until later — after the point you feel exhausted or resentful? If you DO have a clear sense of your boundaries (go you!), do you know how to communicate them in a way that brings…
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3 Ways to Foster Your Mental & Emotional Wellness
How are you? How are you really? Have you taken a sec to attune to yourself yet today? Take a deep breath, close your eyes if you’re comfortable, and check in with your thoughts, emotions and physical body: Where do you feel tension, sensation, heaviness, lightness? Are your thoughts calm or racing? What emotions are you…
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How to Live With More Joy
Have you ever noticed how the thoughts you let in and the things you focus on can distract you from receiving the nourishment of the moment? Many people I talk to want to experience more joy in their day to day life… It’s easy (and human) to fall victim to the lie that joy is…
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3 Tips For a Deeply Satisfying Holiday Season
Do you ever find that the anticipation of a thing is more satisfying than the actual experience? I’ve felt this way about the holidays before. I look forward to the ample time with family, away from work, eating and drinking, giving and receiving. But sometimes when I’m in the thick of it I notice myself…
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3 Unconventional Self-Care Practices to Try
Have you ever done something that science says is bad for your health…repeatedly? Ummmm I have! Over the years, I’ve realized that a purely science-based approach to health and wellness does not work long-term. Learning/knowing that something is good for us is not the same as feeling that something nourishes us (or doesn’t). So, while…
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How to have better boundaries (with yourself)
Do you ever wake up feeling great, only for the anxiety of the day ahead to sneak into bed with you? Or bring a work mistake home, internalizing it until you feel like you can’t do anything well? Or mindlessly let technology eat up your entire break? Often the boundaries we need to set are…
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“Perfect” to Present: How to honor your rhythms when creating your schedule
As a recovering perfectionist who learned to value myself for what I accomplish and to put the needs of others before my own, I have spent my adult life returning to a pace and rhythm that feels healthy, sustainable and deeply satisfying for me. In “Perfect” to Present I teach the tools and insights that…
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“Perfect” to Present: Why consistency is *not* realistic when it comes to self-care
About the “Perfect” to Present Series This weekly series will help you unlearn perfectionism, workaholism and selflessness and return to a pace and rhythm that feels sustainable and deeply satisfying. Do you ever overextend yourself and then feel self-critical, guilty or even shameful when you can’t (or don’t want to) do it all? …