In a few days we will bid farewell to 2016. I don’t know about you, but I’m glad to see it go. I learned a lot this year, matured into a new level of me-ness, and let go of some incredibly difficult stuff. Learning was tough and came with a lot of sweat and tears. I […]
the grace of the darkness :: a solstice ritual
This is, essentially, a re-post of something I wrote last year. It’s about how the holidays are not always the bringers of joy we hope and wish they would be. Sometimes, the holidays are awful because we are grieving or carrying something difficult in our hearts. I will tell you – this is the first […]
first: fat. second: holiday stress. useful, I promise.
So. This is the second draft of this post/newsletter. And it’s the second draft, because in the first one I used the Fear of Fat to help motivate you to try a stress reduction technique. Yes. I did that. Because what do we fear deeply in our health and wellness in Western culture? Getting fat and […]
Holidays. Real Talk. (Five Things To Try.)
Who loves the holidays? Raising my hand! Me! Yay! Who hates the holidays? Raising my hand! Me! Boo! If you feel like this about the holidays, you’re not alone. I think for every one of us there are aspects we totally dig and aspects we could just not care less about. (And as I write […]