You Are Amazing!
You are AMAZING. Truly, you ARE! However, if “I’m not that bad” is as much as you can manage right now, please stop for a moment and find a statement that does not have a “not” in it. Our brains disregard those negatives and tend to focus on the rest of the sentence. Hence, “I’m […]
Gratitude
As I’ve struggled with writing three different articles over the past few weeks and not yet published a single thing, it finally occurred to me to write about something that I am so absolutely familiar with that I would have to completely snuff it out with perfectionism for it not to get published! So, with […]
“I Should…”
“I should _________________________.” How do you fill in the blank? Got a long list of stuff that you “should” do? Yeah, me too, but I am ever so careful to keep my awareness of that word on high! When you hear (or think), “You should (blah, blah, blah, blah, blah),” don’t you get the sense […]
Organizing … Part of Self-Care?
What do you think of organizing? More importantly, what do you think of yourself when it comes to organizing? This is an area that many of us either glorify or curse. We look at the homes of our organized friends and think, “Ah, what would it be like to live like that? My life would […]
Caring for Yourself by Pursuing Your Passion
As I watched a mesmerizing performance by Missouri Contemporary Ballet a couple of years ago, tears came to my eyes. Tears? Why tears? I experienced the simultaneous feelings of total bliss and deep sadness. The bliss was very easy to understand because I love dance. I love watching dance, and I have always loved to […]
Good Night?
Did you have a good night? Are you having good nights? Sleeping, that is. When your nights are not good (or just too short…), your days tend not to be good either. Up to a point you can exercise the old “mind over matter” strategy and affirm having a good day despite your sleep deprivation, […]
Lullaby…and Good Night…
Sleep, glorious sleep, why are you so elusive? For me, anyway. How about you? Are you getting enough sleep? Are you getting quality sleep? I don’t remember sleep being so problematic when I was a kid. But, it does seem to be problematic now, so it deserves my attention to make it the best I […]
A Teenager Can Motivate You Towards Self-Care…
Well, well, well… Look at these thoughts I scribbled down a few weeks ago for a draft of an article. How ironic that today they are a perfect reminder of what I need to do to get back to a steadier place of self-care, so that I am giving myself a decent chance to be […]
The Order of Things
“Go do a little yoga,” the still, small voice in my head gently whispered. “But I’m tired, and if I get online, it’ll help me wake up!” the competing voice argued with authority. Guess which voice won out? The louder, argumentative voice scored a victory this time. However, not really a victory for me. Oh […]
Drained, Dry and Devoid of Ideas
Oooo! How inspiring! “Drained, dry and devoid of ideas”! As I went about the process of writing my article, I stumbled a bit. Well, I stumbled a LOT! I didn’t feel well on the day that I had picked to write it, nor the next day. I had some ideas that I could have certainly […]
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