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Developing a Stress-Relief Toolkit for Hard Times
Each of us has a toolkit of supportive things we turn to during hard times. As you navigate the highs and lows of life, try new tools and ask these questions before you add them to your kit.
What Does It Feel Like to Have Enough Time?
Life is much too short to always feel rushed. Wasting time can be a beautiful practice that helps us unhook from hustle and reconnect with the joy of our humanity.
Getting Cozy to Relieve Stress and Anxiety
Learn why coziness activates our ventral vagal state to help us feel warm, connected, regulated, content, and safe. Coziness isn’t just for fun—it helps alieviate stress and anxiety.
Simple Summer Delights
Summer is my JAM. Just for fun...here are ten simple things delighting me this summer. Audio version available.
How to Rest an Overactive Mind
How would our lives change if we did less thinking? What if we only relied on our brains when we actually had a problem to solve? In this post, I offer a couple alternatives to overanalyzing. Audio version available.
9 Ways to Slow Down in a High-Speed World
Even when life is speeding by, we can find oasis in our experience. Here are nine ways to practice slowing down and letting the moments of life unfold with more ease. Audio version available.
Embracing Limitations in Daily Life
Embracing your limitations can reduce feelings of scarcity and overwhelm and provide you with more freedom and relief. Here are a few practical examples of how to invite in acceptance. Audio version available.
The Freedom of Embracing Limitations
I’m starting to honor the limits of my own capacity, control, and mortality. As my blind optimism fades and I surrender to what is actually true, I've stumbled into a strange sense of peace. Audio version available.
7 Not-Cheesy Gratitude Practices
Here are 7 simple gratitude practices to try when you feel locked in a scarcity mindset. The first one is something I practice every night before bed; it has been a game-changer. Audio version available.
8 Ways To Cope With Stress
Sometimes life requires you to keep going, even when you're really struggling. These 8 practical techniques can help you regulate your nervous system during stressful moments. Audio version available.
I’m writing a book!
I’m writing a book, and here’s a sneak peek! It's a practical guide to help stressed-out humans stop pushing and start living. In the real world, there’s no one-size-fits-all approach for coping with stress. Unlike conventional self-help, this book honors that we all have different bodies, moods, trauma histories, and circumstances. Using science and soul, I share dozens of diverse stress relief techniques you can explore in under 5 minutes.
Navigating the Weight of Global Heartbreak
This post explores how to navigate self-care and activism when you feel challenging emotions for an ailing world. When should you lean into your anger and heartbreak, and when should you let up? How can you transform your anger and heartbreak into focused action? Audio version available.
Waiting for “Real Life” to Start
What are you waiting on to happen before your “real life” can start? How can you meet yourself where you are? I'm nose-deep in this inquiry, and I’ve created a workshop to help you think about it, too. Audio version available.
[Meditation] Start Your Day in Alignment
This 5-minute guided meditation by Quinn Corte allows you to take a breath in the morning before you hit the ground running. Just 5 minutes of mindfully checking in will change the trajectory of your entire day.
You Are Exactly Where You Need To Be
The month of January is named after Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and endings. Janus was the gatekeeper of the heavens. He is depicted as having two heads--one to look into the past and one to look ahead to the future. The image of these two heads is a powerful representation of our divided attention.
A Mini-Retreat to Welcome December
We are in a big collective transition right now. Tonight is a full moon eclipse in Gemini (kicking off eclipse season). In the US, we are winding down an unusual Thanksgiving week and witnessing the formal transition of power for our next president, Joe Biden (hallelujah!). And of course, we are about to welcome in the LAST month of 2020 (double hallelujah!).
[Meditation] Grounding and Surrender
This is a 10-minute guided meditation by Quinn Corte to help you ground and surrender when your mind is overly active or worrying about what you can't control. We practice rooting into our body and the earth and gently releasing the tension in our bodies and minds.
Understanding Worry
There is SO much to worry about right now, collectively and personally. Instead of numbing out, berating ourselves, or feeling completely panicked and unhealthy, let’s explore the meaning beneath worry. Once we understand it, we can learn to work with it.