Slowing down can allow us to practice listening to that quiet truth within ourselves and prioritize what’s important.
Author Archives: Emily P.G. Erickson
I Ask Google To Avoid The Harder Work Of Asking Myself
Trusting our intuition can be a difficult, vulnerable experience. So sometimes we avoid that work by looking for an outside authority to tell us what’s right.
When I Get Anxious And Sad
Perspective on how conditions — like fatigue and the season we’re in — impact emotions.
Books Are My Refuge From The World And My Connection To It
Books and bookstores as self-care.
Collaboration Is A Skill
A lot of people think, “Oh, I’m a good person, so I’m a good collaborator. But that’s not how it works.”
Use Sales Copy To Sell Yourself Your Real Life
Sales copy is everywhere, especially on social media. It encourages comparison and wanting. But what if you could use it to help yourself want what you already have?
Fingers Of Water
Some days, the only alone time I get is in the shower. That can be enough.
Hand Letter Your Love
When’s the last time you got together with other people and made something?
Your Body Was Built To Change
It is a bizarre fixation of our current culture that we expect our bodies to behave the same regardless of what is going on around them.
You’re My Home
Little kids have a habit that I find alternatingly very cute and very annoying, depending on my mood. I’m talking about the way they ask verrrrrrrry basic questions. And then ask them again. And then ask them again. Last week, Owen hit me with, “Mama, what’s a home?” I gave a pretty darn good answer.Continue reading “You’re My Home”