Archives of #self-care

What would our lives be like if “Mindfulness” was like taking vitamins?

For many of us, taking a few vitamins have become a part of our daily routine.  It’s become as regular as clockwork.  You may take a specific combination that has been customized to fit your physical needs and belief systems.  Do we know the impact they might be having on our body? You may have some testing done […]
9 years ago

Caught up in the sound of silence: How do you handle it?

How much time do you spend in the quiet of your own thoughts or the quiet of nature?  It is hard to ignore the buzz that seems to exist throughout our lives.  There is more noise than we recognize and it is much harder to exist without it than one thinks! I always thought I […]
9 years ago

Shaken but not stirred.

Confidence is defined as full trust; belief in the powers, trustworthiness, or reliability of a person or thing.  I want to speak about confidence in self in this space.  It is one of those traits that has a defining impact on our success.  I have found it easier to have confidence in others than in […]
9 years ago

Falling off the wagon!

Have you ever had one of those days that just don’t seem to end?  That happened to me recently.   It was a series of three difficult conversations that occurred in a few short hours.  It just seemed that each began to build on one another.  Short of going home and covering my head, I was going to need to walk […]
9 years ago

It takes a while to figure things out!

With Mother’s Day just around the corner it seems a fitting time for reflection.   Now before I begin, for those of you who are not moms to two-legged beings, you will see that you get to play a role too!  When I was a kid growing up, I underestimated (by a long shot) how hard it was to be a […]
9 years ago

Time for you!

How often have you been told that you have to look after yourself first then you will have something to give to others?  One of things I’ve noticed is that “self care” for some is at the bottom of the to-do list.  We forget how much value “care” has. That’s a bit of what happened […]
9 years ago
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