Category: Self-Care
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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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Guiding Principles of Self-Care: 10 Tenets
What would self-care look like in your life if it stopped being about what you should do and became about what you need and desire? I know that self-care can feel like just another item on your ever-growing to-do list. And that when you don’t do it you can feel guilty. But my approach is…
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Monthly Intention Reset
So many of my clients and students tell me that life feels like a juggling act and they’re constantly dropping balls. If they focus too much on one, they drop two others. Can you relate? I sure can. And one thing that helps me find acceptance when I feel like I’m/my life is falling apart…
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Life is not all about being productive (toxic productivity)
While I don’t claim to know what the meaning of life is, there is one thing I know for sure: Life is not all about being productive…(in the effortful sense of the word). After-all, it’s true that “productive” things can happen with little to no effort. Important things, like tiny seeds growing into towering oaks…
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3 Phrases NOT to Live By
Years ago I read this phrase on a matcha green tea bottle cap and snapped a picture: Good things come to those who hustle. (I spent 10-minutes looking for the picture to share with you, but gave up because I realized I was just procrastinating.) I used to live by phrases like these — back when I was brainwashed to believe that my…