When anxiety arrives, you must pay attention, carefully, to your body. To what it feels. You must notice the very beginning of the very first pull. That is your cue to untangle yourself.
Tag Archives: mindfulness
Savoring Stopped Me From Wasting My Life
What secondary infertility taught me the role of attention, acceptance, and appreciation in creating a well-lived life.
If I Were You
We are all worthy of compassion.
Your Guide to Better Mornings
How to establish a morning ritual and how to use one to be calm, clear, and connected to your higher purpose all day long.
Whatever Needs To Be Is
A reflection on serenity and needing vs. wanting.
Tired
If you feel tired, maybe it’s because you need to rest.
Is Social Media The New Smoking?
Like cigarettes, social media is ubiquitous (69% adults at last count). We use it compulsively. We use it to socialize. We use it to blow off steam. We use it to get a jolt of energy. Like We use it to numb out.
The Anger Alert: Hello Anger What Do You Have To Tell Me?
For a long time I’ve felt like unpleasant feelings — anger, irritability, anxiety, shame, regret, sadness, stress — are like a fart in a business meeting. At best, a faux pas, and at worst, utterly distasteful. Deep down, I think I really believed that if I lived my life right, I could avoid those unpleasantContinue reading “The Anger Alert: Hello Anger What Do You Have To Tell Me?”
Let Your Self Soften
Let your self soften body mind heart unclench unwind now how does that feel?
Happy Birthday Little Flower
O made an important discovery in our yard yesterday. “Mama, this little flower is born!” Sure enough, the periwinkle bud that had been closed tight for the past week had unfurled while we slept. “It’s the flower’s birth day!” O said. So we made a dirt cake (“Flowers like dirt,” O explained); we topped itContinue reading “Happy Birthday Little Flower”