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Marking the New Year with Compassion
Give yourself time to honor your year, your growth, and your sweet self. I invite you to reflect on big external changes and events, as well as internal shifts that might be imperceptible to others. Audio version available.
The Retreat Space: Best of 2022
Read, listen, and slowly imbibe our top posts from 2022—featuring everything from burnout to bad moods, and people-pleasing to overwhelm. What a year! Audio version available.
Books for Healing, Self-Reflection, Creativity, and Wellbeing
I'm delighted to share our new virtual bookshop. When you purchase a book using the link from our shop through Bookshop.org, a portion of the sale supports local bookstores and 10% supports The Retreat Space. Win-win!
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.
Resting to Resist Hustle Culture
We’re a product of hustle culture—where productivity is more important than wellbeing. Tricia Hersey is inviting us to rest because it’s our divine right, and because it will change the world. Audio version available.
9 Strategies for Recovering Perfectionists, People-Pleasers, and Overachievers
Here are a few strategies I’ve developed over the years to calm the perfectionist, overachieving, people-pleasing beast inside me that says I’m never enough. Audio version available.
Overwhelm and the Curse of "Having Potential"
Feeling overwhelmed? If you’re anything like me, you might still trying to live up to your “potential.” What are we trying to prove by always volunteering or going above and beyond…and how do we find peace? Audio version available.
17 Ways to Support Rest & Recovery
Building in recovery time is vital for our wellbeing. But how do we recover when what we need is constantly changing? Here are a few tips for rest and recovery. Audio version available.
Making Space to Recover
Our bodies require regular, built-in recovery time. We aren’t meant to work, give, and perform at a high level around the clock. 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.
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.
Hard Feelings Can Build a Better World
A post giving you permission to not be OK, because things are not OK right now. What if we can use these hard feelings to build a better world? 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.
When a Bad Mood is Telling You Something
I’ve been in a Funk, and it feels exactly appropriate. Instead of trying to fix it, I’m listening. My bad mood is telling the truth about how broken the world is. Audio version available.
People-Pleasing, Burnout, and the Power of “Yes” and “No”
I was a people-pleasing "yes" junkie...until it nearly killed me. Now, a few years after recovering from severe burnout, I reflect on my relationship to saying “yes” and saying “no,” especially at work. 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.
Ditching the Routine
As our capacity ebbs and flows, self-care is a constant dance between discipline and surrender; pushing and trust; routine and variety. This post is a permission slip for you to gently lean into either structure or freedom. 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.
Chronic Pain: Somewhere Between Obsessing and Giving Up
After ten years of coping with chronic migraines, I’m asking myself: “Do I surrender to the pain or do I fight for relief?” This essay brings chronic pain into the light, acknowledging that there are seasons for resisting pain and seasons for accepting it, and wondering how to find the sweet spot somewhere between. (Illustration by Michelle Rial.) Audio version available.