There are days - or whole seasons of life - where we feel unwell or exhausted. The irony is during those times self care often seems unattainable. We are already tired, so to try to figure out what we need and how to get it just feels like another task.
Read MoreHave you ever bought a cheap item of clothing only to have it fall apart after a few wears? The seams come undone, the material does not hold its shape after being washed, the color fades or bleeds. Every season, you find yourself replacing the same items, because the previous item had to be trashed. You are back at square one.
Read MoreYou know the scene: its the climax of a die-hard-style action movie where one character is forced to choose whether or not to place their lives in the hands of another. “Do you trust me?!” Their lives hang in the balance.
Read MoreThe practice of breathing deeply for a couple minutes also marks the transition into our time together, as if to say, “This space is sacred ground, let us enter it mindfully.”
Read MoreIt takes immense courage to bring that story out into the world, to share with another human being what we may be thinking, feeling, experiencing. There are reasons we stay silent about our pain, our anger, our grief. We have learned, sometimes through explicit instruction such as, “We do not talk about that,” and often through implicit example, that we are not to speak of our difficult feelings or experiences because it makes others feel uncomfortable.
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