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How to Cope Through Rough Times
Day-to-day coping can be a huge challenge when you’re having a hard time. Here I share some practical things to try when you're in a tough place. 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.
The Pros and Cons of Routines
My observations about when self-care routines are helpful and when they are harmful. 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.
Dismantling Perfectionism & White Supremacy
How is perfectionism an upholder of white supremacy? How is our fear of making mistakes holding us back from showing up as allies? Here are tangible strategies for dismantling perfectionism through anti-oppression work, repairing conflict, and resources for further learning. Audio version available.
Cultivating Sustainable Hope As Activists
Reflecting on the one-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder, things have changed a lot and not nearly enough. I offer 5 ways to cultivate hope as activists when we feel overwhelmed by the magnitude and urgency of what needs to change.
10 Care Tips for Election Week (and beyond)
A lot of us are super-duper emotionally invested in the US election, and it feels very personal and very triggering. Whatever you are or aren't feeling is perfect. You aren't alone and you are doing great.
Here are 10 gentle suggestions for how to care for yourself and others this week (and always).
5 Ways to Transform Worry
In this post, I share techniques and resources that helped me transform my worry this past year. I talk about moving worry through the body, making worry into an offering. taking intentional action, reframing worry as trust, and offering acts of self-kindness to the world. Audio version available.
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.
Endings as Sacred Portals
We are delighted to feature our first guest blog post, written by Paula Jones for The Retreat Space.
A couple of springs ago I found myself at the end of a magical week, sitting on my hotel bed, biding my time before departing for the airport. The hotel was grey and sterile. And the Monday morning light caught me suspended in time between two worlds.
5 Ways to Trust Yourself
Do you trust yourself? Or do you consistently doubt, critique, or dismiss your desires and instincts?
Maybe things are so chaotic right now that you can't untangle your inner wisdom from the voice of your inner critic, your nosy neighbor, or your family?