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 […]

“I DON’T WANT TO!”

Is Your Inner Child in Your Face? Mine has been lately… Very adult-like (I thought), I set out to make some changes… “AAAAAAAAUGH!” screamed that little person inside my head, followed by “NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” This response didn’t happen right away, and honestly, the words in my head weren’t exactly those, but they do quite succinctly summarize […]

Self-Care

As I have crossed the threshold of a decade birthday, I have been giving self-care a lot of thought.  It seems so ho-hum a topic, as in “Yeah, yeah, I know, eat “right,” exercise, get enough sleep…blah, blah, blah.”  Well, yes and no.  That is what makes self-care so tricky.  It’s sounds so easy, and […]