Finding Balance in The New Year
I thought I would revise a prior blog as I look for creating a place for finding balance as I move through the new year. I have struggle with balance…
Getting Through The Holiday Season
(updated 11/2023) It seems like an appropriate time to update my prior blogs since we are moving into the holiday season. Getting through the holiday season can bring a lot…
Lean Towards Healing
All of us or at least many of us probably have something to heal. Maybe we are already in the process of healing, and maybe we have taken a step…
“Let It Be” Instead Of “Letting Go”
I have been contemplating the notion of “letting go” versus “let it be”. The idea of just “letting go” seems like something we should be able to do but more…
Resiliency Boost
We can build our resiliency throughout childhood, adolescence and yes, even as adults. There are different things to do to boost your resiliency.
Self-Reflection
I have been pondering the quote from Socrates, “an unexamined life is not worth living” (published in Plato’s “Apology”), I do think there is something important about self-reflection individually and…
Empathy to Compassion
Charles Figley coined the term Compassion Fatigue in the early 1990’s. However, I believe it really is empathy fatigue. As we use more compassion and move away from empathy, it…
Finding Balance
The idea of a balanced life can be challenging for many. What does it exactly mean, to be in balance? The Yin and Yang of life? Let’s look at the…
Wild Heart
I don’t like the idea that getting through difficult times should make us tough. Tough is hard, brittle, and unyielding. In the Nanea Hoffman quote, “NOTE TO SELF: It’s not…
Getting Through the Holiday Season
This is my last blog of the year, and the holidays are on my mind. Here we are in the holiday season which can be so wondrous but also full…